“Great is Thy Faithfulness….morning by morning new mercies we see! All I have needed, thy hand has provided! Great is Thy Faithfulness!”  On His promises we stand secure!  We CAN trust in Him! I am about to burst at the seems as I think of how trustworthy He is! Throughout my life He has provided everything I have needed. He has been my solid rock and firm foundation. I  didn’t always see Him as my rock because  I was blinded by my circumstances and my focus was not on Him! However, as my faith has grown, my eyes have been open and I am beginning to see who my God is.  Where would I be without Him?  He has never failed me. He has been faithful. But have I trusted him along the way? That is another story!!

I think of the story in the Bible where the disciples are in the boat in the middle of the storm (Matthew 14:22-32) and Peter steps out onto the water. Peter is fine as long as he keeps his focus on Jesus, but as soon as he loses his focus and gets distracted by the waves and the storm, he begins to sink. His faith wavered as trouble came and his focus quickly turned from his Lord to his circumstances. How often does this happen to us? How often does our faith in him waver? Look at the way Jesus responded to Peter and his lack of faith…” You have so little faith! Why did you doubt me?”

He conquered the grave!! He is mightier than the mountains! Why do we doubt? I want to be like Peter and step out of the boat and trust that my Lord is going to keep me afloat!! I want to believe that my Lord is going to provide for my every need! I want to trust in Him that I will not sink when my storms come! How about you?? 

Trusting is hard to do! I think of my children as I want to trust them, but have seen them lie from time to time  to get their way or to get out of a punishment. I think of relationships where hurt and disappointment have occured and as a result my trust in them has been rocked. I think of our financial market and job security and know that we can’t count on those things as strongly as we used to. Trusting in our society today is very difficult to do.

The Bible says in Proverbs 3:5-6 to trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take!! Trust him with ALL of your heart that he will provide and that he will handle what you place at his feet! I read a quote the other day by Bridget Willard that says”We get so focused on micromanaging God and His Kingdom that we forget to realize that He is more than capable of handling things on His own”!  Isn’t that so true? He doesn’t need us to mess things up!! We get so caught up in trying to fix or manage our circumstances that we forget WHO is in control. We need to stop trying so hard and stop worrying so much and just allow Him to take control of our lives. Trust in Him! Seek Him! Surrender to Him and He will show you the way!

Peter believed that He could walk on water because Jesus was right there in front of him. He took the leap of faith and trusted in His Lord to direct his path and to keep him safe.  What in your life do you need to place at His feet? What areas in your life do you need to TRUST to Him? Is your focus on your Lord or on your circumstances? Don’t let your circumstances overwhelm you and keep you from looking towards Jesus! You might not see what he has planned for you and you most likely will not understand why you are in the middle of a storm!  Sometimes we are forced to take a leap of faith into the unknown! Faith is knowing that one of two things will happen…there will be something solid to stand firm on OR you will be taught to fly!! Trust in Him!

“Faith is to believe what you do not see, the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” -Saint Augustine