by Shana Minervini
Have you ever been in an undesirable situation where you did everything you could possibly imagine and still had no control over the path the situation was leading you? Was it was paralyzing and the only thing left was to let God take over? All you could do is TRUST? Maybe it’s hard for you to trust because of someone letting you down or breaking that trust. Trust is one of the hardest things to do because it releases our own wills, feelings and emotions and puts it into God’s hands. Trusting someone else, even the Lord requires us to squash our precious pride and ignore our ego.
Our worldly nature is to fix or change things that seem to be working the way we think they should. Sometimes our efforts make no difference or make things worse. God allows things to happen in our lives to draw us closer to Him. He takes us to a place where we might be face down on our knees and at a loss for words; that all we can do is just wait. Whether the waiting is for test results to come back, the fate of a loved one or even getting into a certain school or that certain job, these things put us in position to seek Him.
We lay this burden at the foot of the cross because it is too heavy to carry. We put our trust in God when it might be too painful to deal with. We give it over to Him and he releases us from it. Life would be so much easier if we gave it to Him from the start. The Lord doesn’t want to be your last resort. There have been many times when I gave it over and everything worked out beautifully.
You might be in a place today where you feel like God isn’t listening. I want to assure that God hears your prayers and has caught every tear that has fallen from your eye. Psalm 56:8 “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book” God is working this situation out His Way and by His timing. My grandmother use to always tell me “God’s timing is not your timing.” When she said that, I always think of the scripture in Psalm 27:14 “Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.”
Patience!!! We definitely need some of this to be able to trust. In our trials we get stripped of everything so God can show us that He is the ONLY one who can pick us back up and supply all our needs. That place takes us to new levels in Him. God will show us what He can do it for us and that His plan is the best way.
The pain and the waiting might be hard but He gives us the HOPE and strength we need to make it through. He speaks to us in His word and gives us the promises we must cling to. We need to wake up every day knowing that breakthrough is coming. VICTORY is on its way.
I was thinking about the word trust and looking for an acronym
T otal
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S trong
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When I go to sleep, I ask God to give me a dream for comfort. When I wake I ask Him to give me a scripture that will carry me through the day. He always comes through. He will give me a scripture that will leap off the page and right into my heart.
God is our hero. He is the one that has it all figured out. Release your problems onto Him and he will direct you. Proverbs 3:6 “Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.” You are not in this alone. Soon the storm will be over and you will look back and say “Wow that was amazing how God handled that!” He gives us the strength and the peace to do it. Journaling helps because when the victory comes you have an awesome testimony. Don’t you just love our Dad!
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