In All You Do

Friday, September 13th, 2024

To trust is to be vulnerable. This isn’t a comfortable feeling for many and can elicit many fears. Yet God calls us to Trust Him in all that we do. His ways are higher and our understanding is limited. Seeking Him and His will in prayer and putting all our trust in Him will lead us in the direction He wants us to go and into the full life He desires for us.

Let us pray and invite God into our hearts and minds. God, what would you like us to know?

Heavenly Father, Thank you for your Living Word and all the ways you reveal yourself to me. Thank you for your promises, your reassurances, and your faithfulness. Please fill me with your peace, joy, and confident trust as I place all my cares on you. Thank you, God, that I can trust you with all of my heart and for guiding me in every way. In Jesus's precious and powerful name. Amen. 

Proverbs 3: 5-7
5  Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.
6  Seek his will in all you do,
    and he will show you which path to take.
7  Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
    Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

I have spent my entire life priding myself that I could figure things out. I would best be described as a type A personality, which many would call a control freak. I made things happen. Then life presented me with something bigger than I could figure out on my own, a cancer diagnosis, and one that went from stage 1 to stage 4. God can shake us to wake us; how we respond will make all the difference. I had a choice to trust myself and this world or to put all my trust in God.

Who are you trusting when your world gets shaken? Yourself, the world, or the most powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God who loves you and is for you?

Early in this journey, I believed I was trusting God but after a powerful conversation with my husband, my eyes were opened, I was not. I was being a stage 6 clinger. Seeking and asking God desperately all the time if I was healed, if he loved me, looking for confirmations instead of resting in His plan.

I trust my husband and because of that, I’m not asking him repeatedly if he loves me. I know he does. With trust brings feelings of security, rest, and peace. If you aren't experiencing peace then you are not trusting. God still loves me in my stage 6 clinger moments but now I know when I feel this way it’s time to hit my knees and seek God in prayer and KNOW that God lovesme. God wants us to rest in Him and trust Him completely in His plan, His way, and His timing.

Are you Trusting God in All you do? Does this bring you peace and security? Or are you anxious, worried, and still trying to figure things out yourself?

God is faithful. He is faithful in the small things and He is faithful in the big things! I'm a living memorial to His faithfulness and so grateful I put all my trust in Him. Applying this scripture to your life can radically change your present circumstances, whatever they are.

You have control of your thoughts, your actions, and your obedience. You can actively choose to put all your trust in Him, cast ALL your worries and cares upon Him, and watch him show up in your life with miracles big and small. He is a miracle-working God who keeps His promises. You need to do your part and spend time with Him through prayer, be obedient to Him, love Him, and truly trust Him with all you do and He will do the rest.  

Are you doing your part? Are you spending time with God in prayer, seeking Him through His Living Word, completely submitting your life to His will and guidance? Where are you falling short?
I challenge you to give it ALL to Him and be amazed at what He does.

Heavenly Father, Please help me trust you with all my heart, surrender everything to you, and realize that I don’t have to figure anything out because you already have… Help me remember that your ways are higher and you will guide and direct my path…

I pray that you know God is trustworthy and faithful. May you surrender to Him in every way and allow Him to direct your path. He is good and He is for you. May you feel His love and peace today as you trust Him in all you do and rest in His goodness.