Trusting In The Lord

Sometimes people fail us and sometimes we fail other people as well.  We may intend to do good, but sometimes we fall short.  We want to do what is right and good.  Sometimes our good intentions are misunderstood.

There will be times when people we know and trust will let us down.  They may not intend to hurt our feelings when they do let us down.  There will also be some people in our lives that will purposely try to hurt us and I think those times may be the hardest moments to deal with.

Even though people may fail us and hurt us we know that the Lord will never fail us or hurt us if we are trusting in Him.  Sometimes He does allow pain and trials to enter our lives, but it is not to hurt us or damage us in anyway.  He wants us to grow spiritually and learn that we can indeed trust Him in all situations and circumstances.

The lessons and testing of faith are very hard to endure, but we can know that the Lord will be with us each step of the way on our journey.  He is a good God and He wants the very best for His children.  We may wonder where He is during our trials because we may not sense His presence immediately, but we can rest assured that He is not far from us at all.  He promises us in His Word that He will never leave us nor forsake us and that He will always be with us even to the very end of the age.  We may not feel His closeness right away.  We must keep seeking Him in prayer and worship.  We must continue to read the Bible and ask Him to speak to our very hearts what He wants us to learn from it.

The Lord loves you and He doesn't want to see you hurting, but He does indeed know what is best for us.  He knows how to draw us our of our comfort zones.  He knows what it will take for us to have total trust and faith in Him.  He may put us in situations that are beyond our abilities.  He does this so that we will go to Him for strength and directions.  We can't do anything on our own and in our own strength.  We must depend on the Lord and His strength and power.

When we depend on the Lord during trials and testing we will be able to say as the Apostle Paul says in Philippians 4:13 which says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Sometimes we do try to do things in our own strength and they don't turn out very well.  We need to learn that the Lord knows best and we can trust in Him in all things.  This is a lesson that I am still learning and I am pretty sure it is a lesson that you too are learning as well.

We serve an Awesome Loving God.  We can trust in Him instead of trying to figure things out on our own and in our own wisdom.  Sometimes we get foolish and think we can handle things on our own, but we soon realize how weak and powerless we human beings can be at times.  We may think we figure out everything that comes our way, but we must realize that we can't always and we need the Lord our God to help us each and everyday.  We need Him every moment of everyday.

Proverbs 3:5-6 says,

"Trust in the Lord with all of your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will make your paths straight."

There will times and situations that will make no sense to us.  Those moments may shock us to the very core of our being.  Our faith in the Lord Jesus may be shaken by something that occurs in our life, but we must stand firm upon His Word and on who He is.  He is our Lord and Savior.
He is our God.  He is the true living God and there is no other God but Him and Him alone.
There is no other name under Heaven in which people are to be saved by and that is the name of Jesus Christ.  We can trust Him in all areas of our lives.  We can trust Him to be with us in the great joyful times of life and we can trust Him to be in the most horrible life altering experiences that we can imagine.

The world in which we live is changing fast and we can all see that very well.  The world is a dark fallen sinful place in which we live.  We are told in the Word that we believers in Christ are to be in the world, but not of it.  We must not conform to the pattern of this world if we are truly to follow our Lord Jesus Christ.  We must live for Him and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to live for Him.

The Lord Jesus Christ loves you so very much and I want to let you know that, whatever trial you are facing or will face in the future, you can trust Him to be with you through it.  He is always faithful and true to His Word.

Do you trust Him?

Lord,
We trust You with our lives and the lives of our friends and families.
We uplift all of those who are hurting and facing trials.
Give us strength O Lord and wisdom.
Help us to live our live for You in complete trust in Your mighty power.
We know that all things are possible with You O Lord.
Bless us this day as we turn our eyes upon You.
In Jesus name,
Amen.