We have all been there, when we don't get into the school of our choice, our relationships do not make it through, and even death- things just go wrong in our lives. People walk in and out of lives all the time, situations go hay wire, nothing seems to go right no matter how much we try and we feel like we hit rock bottom. When we get to that place most of us seem to go to other sources for help, and when we run out of our secondary resources we forget the most important resource available.... God.
You know God's greatest blessings often come looking like disasters in our eyes. When things happen, God is not surprised. His plan is RIGHT on schedule. Since we are only human, it is hard to remember that even in the worst case, ie Death, Christ is still the King.
We all have doubt in our heads and our minds. How can God use cancer, death or even divorce to bless us? "Simple. He is smarter than us" Just imagine the difference between the knowledge of a child and an adult, now you can ONLY begin to imagine the difference between the wisdom of a human and the wisdom of God.
"What is impossible to us is so EASY for him"
Isa. 55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
We don't necessarily have to understand how things work in our lives, we just need to Trust our master.
"There are probably many reasons why trusting is difficult. God's ways don't always make sense to us. God told Noah to build an ark. It may have never rained up to this point and the nearest body of water was probably many miles away. It could not have made much sense to Noah at all (story found in Genesis 6-8). We want life to make sense. We always want to set our own terms and timetables. "
God works on a different timetable than our minds comprehend. God promised Abraham a son from his own body through his wife Sarah. It was at least 24 years before this promise was fulfilled in the manner in which God had promised. Could you imagine being told that something will come into your life, and then have the patience to wait for it 24 years!!!! I mean this story has taught me a lot about needing to rely and trust in God.In the meantime, Abraham and Sarah had difficulty trusting God and tried their own methods to fulfill the promise (Genesis 15-17). We want what we want and we want it. . .now! It is difficult to trust in a plan that requires us to surrender all control of the time for completion. This goes for everything in life from how will we be able to pay the bills for next month, to trying to find the one we want to marry.
In order to trust in God, you must totally surrender your will, your ideas, your desires, and your future into God's hands. Many of us are "control freaks." We don't want to give the control of any part of our lives over to another. I personally have major issues with making decisions, and if you know me well- you know that I am so indecisive... but also I freak out when things are not going according to plan. My life right now is all about new changes - waiting to see if I will get into medical school, see what my REAL calling in life is... and I realize that "If you don't believe that God loves you fully and really does have your best interests at heart and desires the very best for you, trusting Him is going to be extremely difficult." It takes a very special relationship to allow that measure of surrender. Most of us have a tendency to claim trust in God. However, at the first sign of any difficulty or trial, we think that God must not love us because He is allowing this difficulty to happen. The trial is exactly what God is using to test the level of trust that we have in Him.
In spite of the trials, we always have God's promise that the trials and tests that we go through are for our good
(Romans 8:28:And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who
have been called according to his purpose. Hebrews 12:2: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
2 Corinthians 4:17: For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.)
We learn that it is through trust that our relationship with God strengthens and our love for Him grows.
We can trust in many things. None, however, offer the protection plan, the long term security, or the benefits that trusting in God offers. All of the other things in which we place our trust can fail EVEN OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. God never fails! In the words of King David, ". . .Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. . ." (1 Chronicles 28:20).
{taken from other devotionals}
