Trust

What does it mean to trust God with everything? Have you said, "No matter what comes my way, I will trust You God"? Are you ready to go through anything that you have to in order to become the person you were meant to be? James 1:2 says to consider it pure joy when you face trials of many kinds. Pure joy? Really? Because I have to say that more often than not in life, joy is not the word we would use to describe how we feel when we face trials. For me, I know what I hold onto is the hope that it will all turn out good.

But that brings up another question: Who determines what is good? The promise in James is not that you will get what you want in the end. It actually never even addresses the issue of the trial again, the promise is actually about who you will become because of the trial. It promises proven character; perseverance. God's promise to us is that the trials and storms we face in life will build in us everything we need to know Him and live for Him. He promises never to leave us, but He doesn't promise to fix everything exactly the way we think it should be fixed.

So trusting God, what does it look like in my life? Right now it is my choice to worship Him for how He moves even when it doesn't make sense. The trial I just walked through didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, the way I thought it should have. But who I have become because of it, who my family has become because of it, words cannot say how wonderful that transformation has been. God has been so faithful and I trust that His plan for our lives is better than our own.

What does trusting God in your life look like? Are you more focused on getting the ending you are looking for, or letting God be in control and trusting Him no matter what may come? I know this much, when we try to get what we want we are usually disappointed, but when we learn to trust in God, there is such freedom also found there. It becomes a lot easier to "consider it pure joy"!