Trust Is Tough
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“When I am most afraid, I put my trust in you… ” (Psalm 56:3).
With the sun setting beyond a placid lake and the sky softly glowing, we see the silhouette of a tall young man walking hand in hand with his small daughter. It is a painting that some would say perfectly captures the essence of trust: the child is quietly confident in the presence of her protective parent.
Yet the psalmist would tell us that this scene pictures only the early stages of trust. Walking together – with loving parent, friend, spouse…or God – in peaceful times is important and necessary for the process of developing the relationship. But the tough test of trust comes “when we are most afraid.” In his book Ruthless Trust, Brennan Manning writes that the Old Testament patriarch Abraham “models the essence of trust…convinced (emphasis mine) of the reliability of God.” Further he writes, “without exception trust must be purified in the crucible of trial.”
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When we have walked hand in hand with the Savior in peaceful times, His presence will then be sure and constant when we are most afraid.
Thank You, loving Father, for those times when we have peacefully walked hand in hand. Thank You for those moments when I have learned to love You. Now, Lord, when times are tough, I want to step up to the next level of trust.
Questions: Have you ever been “most afraid” and how did God help you in that situation? Is there something in your life that you can praise God for?
About the Author Marilyn J. Ehle
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Great quote and amen to it’s truth.
Andi,
I thank you for your kind words but I take no credit. Tis all God’s glory. I’m merely a benefactor of His un-conditional love, His grace and mercy. If my thoughts are encouraging, it’s God who is helping me to express and become more of an extravert.
”May everything we do-
By word or deed or story-
Be done to please the Lord;
To Him be all the glory.
-Roworth
Kanj,
I wish we could meet via regular email but that’s not allowed for privacy reasons, etc.
The web masters wish us not to become too personal in using the devotionals so just know that your input is a blessing to all of us and as HE leads please continue to keep sharing. You may be a mere babe in Christ but I believe you are chomping after eating meat rather than staying a spoon fed-baby food believer. I thank God for bringing you to this site to share w/all the other wonderful sisters who come here to encourage and be encouraged. He is indeed ‘binding us together!’
andi,
thank you for your compliment. i only write what is within. This heart has been too silent too long and I fear it’s got the ‘Energizer Bunny’ attitude(of which i’m sure that Jesus is, every now and then, asking me to be still! lol). My journey is very very young. I’ve so much to re-capture and finding all of you ladies here on this site was the ‘springboard’ if you will for me to realize that God’s love is everywhere, through every format imaginable. I have felt very welcomed here right from the first and my heart feels that you all are family, extended family.
Can I just say that through experience does come wisdom but I know that God is not impressed with my wisdom, what He’s impressed with, no, loves, is the fact that I love Him and that I finally know Him personally. Praise be to God.
Bless you
Kanj,
I was waiting for you, yourself, to show up on line. You give excellent input when you write.
:-)
hey andi,
thanks for sharing your testimony. we truly are never alone in our struggles/trials, are we! as for the last sentence in your comment, ”I’ve been waiting for you to show up!”, could you clarify-was that directed at me? or was that directed to the Lord? I’m leaning more toward the latter, but not totally sure. lol
God Bless
Sonya, rejoiceministries.org is one you can check out. It is committed to STANDING w/folks whose spouses leave; encouraging the committed spouse to keep seeking God for their spouse. I think you’ll find much encouragement there!
Hey Kanj, I too walked away from HIM over 30 years ago and HE drew me back. During that time away I really saw what life w/out HIS being Lord was all about. I agree that was extremely scary.
With HIM we have no reason to fear the slings and arrows of life; HE can deflect them or heal any minor wounds that may land [His Sovereign choice for our personal faith walk and growth as HE works to make our character more like HIS].
I’ve been waiting for you to show up!
Tamara….wow, what a testimony to God’s love and mercy.
Same to you Sharonb…awesome….HE wants you around for a reason! Hallelujah
my ‘most afraid’ times were before I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. because of my ‘most afraid’ times, Jesus Christ and I were united, or should I say, ‘re-united’. As a non-believer I had no idea that God was in my life waitng for me. As a believer today my Father has been walking long side me, His hand in mine and therefore I am not alone nor most afraid any longer.
I praise God for His un-conditional love towards me. For the longest time I never felt I deserved a second chance. He thought differently.
I am so blessed because of the Devotionals I’ve been reading all day. I took today off and now I realized it was orchestrated by God. He has really used your posts to encourage my heart – God bless you!
As I read Marilyn’s honest assertion that “Trust is Tough”, I could only smile in agreement. All you have to do is “keep on living” to fully appreciate that Truth.
When I look back over my life, I can honestly say, “if it hadn’t been for the LORD…” When I did not have the strength to even lift up my head, He did it for me. To God be the glory.
What could’ve been, should’ve been, would’ve been – did not simply because of the faithfulness of God.
I agree with Marilyn, “trust is tough” but it’s so worth it, because after going through it, you come to know, be intimately acquainted with the Lover and Bishop of your soul!
Blessings to all of you and thanks so much for the devotionals and oomments!
I thank God for every day I am here He cured me from cancer 15 years ago and I put my trust in Him always
My husband and I had a scare with our son on New Years eve. I prayed as I drove to Long Beach from work that we would have good news when we took him to the hospital. It ended up that our 9 year old son has Type 1 Diabetes. Although it was of course not the news we were hoping for, it explains a lot and we now have the ability to monitor and have some knowledge of what to do to help him feel better. My family and I look at the fact that we found out a blessing. Our faith has helped us with this and continues everyday.
Oh my goodness, God has proven HIMSELF worthy of our trust over and over as seen above and in our lives as well. When faced w/a possible cancer; when a house burned to the ground; permanent job loss; chronic illness; deaths of family members. HE is always there to comfort, guide, lead and protect; to speak to us no matter the issue.
I praise HIM today; that the college professors did NOT go on strike so thousands of students in Ontario, Canada including my husband do not have their lives disrupted; I praise HIM for being Sovereign Lord and Saviour to whom we can look for ‘every good and perfect thing.!
My husband and I are about the separate in about two weeks. I have no choice but to trust God in this situation. I can no longer beg him to stay if he does not want to be with me. He has left 3 times since we got married June 2008. He says I don’t trust him and I have trust issues. I am praying for myself and don’t have to keep defending myself when I know he’s wrong. I do have issues (he does to), but we have to work through them and not leave everytime things do not go his way.
Very well written and beautiful message – and in God’s perfect timing. A dear friend of mine has just been disgnosed with a very invasive cancer. I have sent this to her for comfort.
Thanks.
I had some dear friends who helped me get to the next level of trusting God in one of my darkest times; about 20 minutes before I was ready to shoot myself. I praise God for these friends he put in my life. You can too.