Last
night, at a "care-group" meeting, the subject of sanctification was
discussed. (Sanctification is the ongoing process of God molding us to
be more like him.) In that discussion we brought up our need to pursue
Biblical fellowship with other believers, to encourage one another and
challenge one another in growth.
But to have meaningful Biblical
fellowship, we must have trust...and this is where my post comes in. It
just so happens that the second journal entry I made this year was all
about trust, and I decided that I would give you a peek into the pages
of my journal (which, in the past have often not been so thoughtful).
Feel privileged? You should.
FYI: I don't always finish off my thoughts in my journal entries (*cough*), but these are some things to ponder...
"Trust. What
is trust, and how does/should it show itself in our lives?
The other night we watched a movie which was done of Charles Dickens'
story "Our Mutual Friend". One of the main threads of the story was
trust. That included a young lady's trust in her father, despite the
fact that some people accused him of being a murderer; and also another
young lady's trust in her newly-wed husband, even though she didn't
know all the details of several (false) accusations against him etc.
I think that kind of trust is inspiring; being so sure of another
person's integrity that you would stand true in your opinion of them,
even when others waver.
Granted, there won't be tons of people you
would trust that much...but I think it is important to know your
friends/family, know who has integrity and who is trustworthy, and be
willing to stick by them no matter what.
Trust includes
surrendering the little doubts that may enter your mind - in fact,
refusing to listen to them at all - and having faith that the other
person will not fail you.
People, however ARE sinners, and we must
be able to forgive even the person we may think is the most
trustworthy, if they fall.
Trust s basically complete vulnerability
before someone; putting in their hands the power to dash us to the
earth, but believing with all of our hearts that they won't.
A
person's trust is a sacred sort of thing though - but how simple we can
be as we recklessly bestow our trust on things/people unworthy of it!
Think of all the things we daily put our trust in: Our beds, our
chairs, our houses, our cars, our groceries, our co-workers, our own
bodies...
Why is it so easy for us to trust so many things - to put
our very lives in the balance daily, and yet, it is so difficult for us
to trust God?
Why do we worry so much about so many little things that God has already promised that he would take care of for us?
Hmmm...the strange ways of the human mind.
We trust pathetic, finite things - as long as we can see them, or they
can be proven...but we struggle so much to completely surrender to the
only one who wholly cares for us, and who
really has all under his command. The only one who is completely trustworthy, and worth becoming vulnerable to.
Oh God, help me to trust you more."
Comments (3)
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Haha, thanks mom.
:)
Tai,
That is a great post. It is a strange and convicting thing to analyze the way we put our trust in finite things. Trusting God is a little different, because we have to have faith even before we can trust, and even that faith is an act of trusting. Yet it still isn't all that difficult, especially after you get used to it. Once you know that God is there and see Him work in your life, you get to know him better and feel His presence more. After all, that is, in the small sense, the reason we trust our chairs and cars. We are comfortable in them. (Especially if it's my sweet Subaru Impreza!
) Trust is just another step in our walk with God.
But I really like what you said about the vulnerability of trusting someone... "putting in their hands the power to dash us to the earth, but believing with all of our hearts that they won't." A person is indeed a sacred thing, because God has made him so. Have you ever thought about the fact that man is the only entity in the universe that has the power to choose between good and evil? That stuck me REALLY hard recently! It puts our life on earth in a much different perspective. And knowing that, trust is one of the greatest, most noble, and most dangerous things we can ever do.
Have you ever heard this song, Tai? It's amazing and beautiful. It's called Anyway by Martina McBride.
You can spend your whole life building
something from nothing
one storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway
You can chase a dream
that seems so out of reach
and you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway
God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
and when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway
This world's gone crazy
and it's hard to believe
that tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart
for all the right reasons
and in a moment they can choose to walk away
love 'em anyway
God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
when I pray
it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
Yeah I do it anyway yeah
You can pour your soul out singin'
a song you believe in
that tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah sing it anyway
Yeah yeah
I sing
I dream
I love
Anyway.
Yeah.
Well I hope you don't mind my comment. I should really get my own blog, right? :-p Thanks for your post, though. It inspired me.