When Trusting God is All We Can Do

There are times when we see God orchestrating our lives and it's obvious and sensible to us. On the contrary, there are times when nothing seems to go our way, everything's falling apart, and we wonder if God still knows what He's doing. Obviously, being omniscient, God always knows what He's doing, so these are times when all we can do is trust.

Right now, I'm in a trusting time.

In my understanding of things, it seems that trusting God is one thing, but God trusting us is an entirely different story. I think there are times when God just lays back and takes the role of a spectator, seeing how we react in situations. There are times when He speaks, and times when He is silent. As I earlier implied, God is silent to me right now. In times like this, perhaps He records whether we still make the efforts to pray, trusting that He hears us (which He does), make the efforts to abstain from sinful desires, make the efforts to read His Word, etc.

Right now, in my mere human heart, it seems that God is ignoring me right now, but logically, I understand that the heart is deceitful above all things. I've come up with a theory that where there is a lack of communication, there is inevitably a place for false assumptions to take place. That goes for jumping to conclusions as well. Emotionally, I feel like God is nowhere to be found. I feel like I've sinned such a great sin that He doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. I feel like I'm always alone. But none of these things are true. While my heart tells me otherwise, I know for a fact that God keeps His promises, bar none.

Heart, you're feeling lonely? Behold, I say unto you these three scriptures; "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and they right hand shall hold me." (Psalm 139:7-10) "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good." (Proverbs 15:3) "Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord." (Jeremiah 23:23-24)

Heart, you're feeling you have sinned? Perhaps you have. Read Psalm 51: "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."

Heart, I've listened to your lies all my life until just recently. Now I'm listening to what the prophet Jeremiah, a genuine prophet of the Almighty, told me about you: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)

"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man." (Psalm 118:8)

People may say all sorts of things to me regarding my situations in my current life, but my response is on this wise: ". . . If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31) Behold, I shall endeavor to keep my soul steadfast in His promises and stand true to Him. Anointing is the favor of God. And it is the anointing that breaks the yokes of bondage. I yearn for that anointing. May our lives be full of eagerness to please Him - not ourselves, not our friends or foes, but solely Him!

"I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." (Psalm 37:25)

Living a righteous life in a corrupt world is the most difficult thing to do, but it will be worth it all in the end.