I used to struggle a great deal about this believing business. Mostly because my expectations and outcomes didn’t always match up with what I was believing for.
It is easy to say to someone, “You need to trust God.”
Oh yes, that part is easy!
But, if our trust is tied to our beliefs for a certain kind of outcome, and then things seem to go haywire?
Then what are we supposed to do?
Was our believing at fault?
Should we have prayed more fervently?
Isn’t my faith supposed to move mountains?
I used to stumble over these questions wondering if there was something faulty with my faith, or my praying, or my believing, until I realized one day that I kept making a very strategic wrong turn in my understanding.
I began to see that if my beliefs were based on my expectations for a certain outcome, and if that was the foundation for my trust, I would always struggle—because my expectations were so often wrong.
I needed a better basis for my trusting.
And then I saw it!
The “wrong turn” I kept making was right here:
Jesus said in John 6:29, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
I needed to put my confidence and trust in who Jesus had proved Himself to be, not in what He would do for me—or not do for me.
My trust couldn’t stand on my outcomes.
No, my trust had to be based on who Jesus said He was—period.
The Bible says over and over, “We live by faith, not by sight.” [2 Corinthians 5:7]
The reality of this world is that sometimes bad things happen even if all of our faith is in good outcomes.
Therefore, if my faith and trust are to survive the storms of this life, then there will be times when I must trust in what I can’t see.
I must learn to “walk” with stability in the unseen with my trust based solely in the One God sent.
He is my Cornerstone.
If my confidence is in Him, and my trust is built solely on the character of God’s goodness, then no matter what the outcome to my faith, prayers, and believing—my TRUST will stand on a firm foundation.
Seeds for Trust #2:
I will walk by faith even when I cannot see.
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