People are like weather reports: they change frequently and are not always reliable. Over the years the prescription for predicting the weather has changed dramatically. Now, when weather persons make their reports, it is usually in “percentages.” They are always correct because they leave room for variations in their predictions as to what may or may not happen.
God is not that way. If He declares it, we can depend on it. “Trust in Him,” said David. We have all trusted in family and friends only to be disappointed. Not that they intended to deceive us intentionally or disrupt our lives on purpose, it’s just that they are as human as we are and have the potential as well as the probability to be wrong. “People are still people,” Dean Edwards often said. “They are as human today as they were in Eden.”
Our ability to trust, however, fluctuates. It seems to come and go depending on the situation. That’s why David added “at all times.” Our trust in God is to be constant and continual, not casual and conditional. Some of us have a fair-weather faith. If we do not get the answers we want when we want them, we usually rely on our own strengths and strategies, and the results are usually second best rather than God’s best.
We prove to Him that we trust in Him when we pour our hearts out to Him in faith believing that we can trust Him! It’s like emptying a jar of water by turning it upside down and letting every drop fall to the ground. Letting the last drop fall to the ground is tough but necessary if we are to “let go and let God” prove the power of faith and trust.
Prayer: Lord, give us courage to trust in You at all times for all things in all situations without hesitancy. May we learn the value to trust only in You! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture For Today: Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8
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