Trusting in God

Trusting in God seems like such a simple thing to do, but it is difficult for most of us.  The problem for so many of us is that we want to be the engineers of our future.  Even old Abraham, the Biblical model for faith, struggled to keep his spiritual ducks in a row.  He started out well when the Lord said, "Go," but he got off course as he followed the beaten track into Eqypt and such places.  Trusting God is about waiting on God to act.  He is never in a hurry which is what we are mostly about in our living.    

Trusting God keeps us out of hot water.  It may put us in some places where we feel abandoned, forgotten, and lost but those experiences are not filled with the same kind of danger we face when we decide that we know what is best for ourselves and then we set out to make it happen.  With that kind of mindset we are only a step away from making the expedient choices which provide the instant gratification we regard ourselves as needing and deserving.  And we are also only a step away from choosing to abandon the course God has planned for us which puts us in a far more dangerous place than we are when we are overwhelmed with some darkness not of our choosing.   

Trusting and waiting on God keeps us in sync with that plan that He is constantly seeking to work out in our lives.  What we do not often understand is that He is working up ahead of us out of sight beyond the bend in the road.  To trust God means we are willing to wait for what is ahead to unfold into our life.  It means that we understand that life is about submission instead of taking charge.  Our worst moments come when we are in charge and our best ones have come when we waited on Him.  It only takes a look at the road behind us to know this reality as truth.