WHY WAS NO ONE THERE WHEN I CAME ? WHY DIDNT ANYONE ANSWER WHEN I CALLED ? IS IT BECAUSE I HAVE NO POWER TO RESCUE ? I S I A H 50:2 Think of how you would feel if , in spite of your long history of faithful devotion , a loved one refused to trust you . How would you interpret his or her suspicious suggestions that perhaps you arent reliable or fears that you might have harmful intentions ? What if you had always demonstrated great skill and power yet were treated as incapable of handling difficult situations ? The slander of your charater , however unintentional , would hurt . When someone mistrusts you for no reason , you take it personally . This is how we often treat God . Despite repeated assurances that He loves us , is taking care of us , will keep His promises , and is mighty to save , it can take a long time for those truths to sink into our hearts . Thats because we come from a background of being alienated from Him , and it takes time to adjust to the kingdom culture . We can somewhat attribute our difficulty in trusting God to the fact that Hes invisible , but that isnt the whole story . We have epic battles with trust in part because of our old nature and in part because of our current spiritual enemy . Meanwhile , the most reliable person in the universe waits for us to have confidence in Him . God responds to trust . His Presence seems to accompany a heart that has chosen to have confidence in Him regardless of contrary appearances . He is not too weak to save , even when a desperate situation lingers and tempts you to believe otherwise . Whatever obstacles stand in the way of your trust today , choose trust anyway . God takes that attitude personally too , and He loves it .
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:09:36 +0000
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