SubscribeTask number one –Trust God
Earlier today as I was prioritizing my tasks and mentally preparing for an important meeting this evening, the words “Trust God” slipped into the center of my thoughts. I had already prayed this morning, both singularly and with my prayer partner, and thought that territory had been covered. I have great trust in God, I told myself. But those two words still are engraving themselves more deeply into my psyche…and my heart.
I don’t ignore moments of clarity that come like that, gathering my astute, absented-minded and asinine thoughts and removing any that obscure complete transparency. We have to be able to see clearly our own roadblocks to complete trust in God.
Like a school kid who had been given an assignment to learn a new word for the day, I started searching out definitions of trust. Dictionary.com offered these among others but I stopped at number four:
1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
2. confident expectation of something; hope.
3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.
4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.
I summarized the definitions this way as an affirmation of sorts: I can say with surety that since God is the Person on whom I rely, I can have confidence that He certainly will give me what I need to make it through today. I can confidently expect something good to occur, because He is my hope. I am relying on His integrity, strength, ability, surety, power and love to accompany me on my daily faith walk.
As my ultimate guidebook for living tells me in Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will direct your paths.”
Today I am inspired, empowered and equipped to meet whatever challenges lie ahead because I trust God.
Who do you trust today?
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