Do you trust Me?
One Sunday morning at church we needed to leave a bit early. My husband was heading out of town with his boss and we wanted to be able to grab lunch before they met. I wondered to myself about the best time to tell our five year old that we would be leaving early. When I know in advance a change is coming to his routine, I like to give him warning because he really likes his schedule and routine. He likes to know what is ahead. On this Sunday though, I knew if I said anything too soon that he would want to ask a bunch of questions. I did not really want to try to whisper all the answers to all the questions…. why does Daddy have to leave and where are we eating and why do we need to leave early. I thought it would be best to just wait until closer to the time we were leaving to tell him. He didn’t really need to know that we were leaving early. He was content not to know because he didn’t even know that he didn’t know! When we stood for a song I whispered to him to walk out with me so we could eat lunch and he did as I asked.
This made me think about my own life. So many times I want to know. I do not like not knowing what is ahead. I don’t like to deal with changes in my routine and schedule. I want to know what is coming so I can plan for it. There are some things in our life right now that I’ve had to realize we just don’t know the answer yet, and we don’t even know when we will have a definite answer. If I think about it too much it can drive me crazy trying to analyze and think about the possibilities!
But do I really need to know everything in advance? Would it really benefit me to see the whole path laid out before me? Just as I knew it wasn’t a big deal and didn’t want to cause undo worry in my son’s heart about leaving the church service early, God doesn’t to give us more than we need to know either. This is part of growing in our trust of Him. We have to believe and have faith that He has the plan laid out and He’ll be with us every step of the way.
We read of many in the Bible who were led by God and trusted Him. I think of the Israelites in their journey to the Promised Land. God provided the manna for them (Exodus 16:4). He didn’t throw out a week or month’s supply for them though, did He? He gave what they needed for each day and extra they picked up would go bad.
God wants us to trust Him.
Psalm 28:7–
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped
We don’t need to know everything that is coming because we know that He will be with us every step of the way. He will help us and lead us as we trust in Him.
Have a day of blessings!
You are right Bethany, we always want to know what is ahead of us. I have found that when I take one day at a time, I am much better off…trusting Him with my future.
Thank you for sharing from your heart this morning.
Bethany, what a great example using Caleb and his need to know. How I can relate to this as I love to plan and know in advance what’s going to happen. I think this control started as a child as much unexpected things happened to jar my world.
But God asks us to walk by faith. And that does involve trusting Him each step of the way even though we don\’t know what will happen. He is trustworthy and I’m discovering it for myself.
This was a great post Bethany!
Love you,
Debbie
Great Word this morning!!! We need to trust Him for those things unseen, for He has everything in the palm of His hand! -blessings!
I don’t think it is easy for A LOT of people to NOT know what might happen, especially when it involves something really big. I know it is VERY HARD for me. But you are soo right of course. I’ve come to realize (finally) that if we truly belong to Him, we do KNOW what will happen, and that is…What is best for us….Why then do we fret? This was a great devotional Bethany. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Debbie
It seems to be an ongoing topic doesn’t it………… to wait and trust? I know for me it’s a learning experience, not always an easy one though! I like to use the saying I learned not too long ago…… focus on WHAT IS, not WHAT IF ~ : ) ~
I love this Bethany. It is a perfect analogy. There are times when life gets a bit overwhelming I long for the days when I was a little girl and just trusted that my Mom and Dad would take absolute care of me. Then I realize, just as you have said, that even as a grown woman I can still have the child-like trust – for I have a Father who loves and cares for me.
Thanks for this awesome word.
Excellent analogy along with a very necessary reminder.
Thank you!
Amen…. I too have a time waiting …. I want answers yesterday… LOL… I am so glad God knows what is best for us.