Trusting God is only easy when we are in a good and happy place, when He's provided for all of our felt needs and taken away our troubles, when no dark cloud looms on the horizon, and we have finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel. Otherwise, we struggle. At least I do.
We dare not be glib when we talk about trusting God. It is not an exercise for weaklings.
Or maybe it is. Maybe that is exactly who it's for. Weaklings can do nothing in hard times but trust God. They no longer have the strength or patience for whining and nagging and carrying on. They only have energy enough to rest in Him.
Do I believe what God has said? I need only to rest there. Do I believe he is able to run the world without my help? Then I need to give up helping.
He will do what He says, and I must do, by His grace, what He says, too. Trusting and obeying, resting in Him--that is all I need to have the strength for.
It's running the world that wears me out.
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