"Trust me, trust me, trust me!"
My dad is known for saying this rapidly in a funny, raspy voice. He always says it when I'm starting to doubt the wisdom in something he's doing. I usually respond with something along the lines of "If we get in trouble, I'm blaming you."
Is this the right attitude? Who knows, but my dad goes along with it, as long as I'm respectful.
However, as wonderful as my dad is, he is not the reason I'm writing. These days, I'm faced with a difficult situation. Many, if I'm honest with myself, but that's another story. In all honesty, I scared of what the future holds, the near and the far. And I know the saying, "I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future," but I don't really like it. It's a platitude, a cliche. Annoying.
But it's true. I know He who knows and controls the future. But do I trust Him?
That's what I've been wrestling with these last few days. Do I truly trust Him? Actually, it's the one He has been asking me whenever I tell Him I'm scared of something. How do I respond? "Yes, but...(fill in the blank)." But He always quiets me, and He then tells me something like what my dad says.
"Trust me."
With the latest worry I've been facing, I've told God about many times, but every time it had a new angle, a new worry that threatened to shake me.
This last time, I told God about it and He asked me again, "Nathan, do you trust me?" I responded "Yes." I didn't put in a "but..." and I told God (and myself, slightly) That I will trust Him completely. Then He said one simple word to me, one He had never told me before.
He said, "Watch." And then he continued. "Watch and see Me, Nathan. See what I shall do for you."
Now, none of this was really audible, per se, but I knew He said it to me. Have I seen it yet? No. Bit that's okay. God can do amazing things. I know already because I have seen the changes he has made in me.I am still waiting, still watching, and still trusting.
Holy is He and worthy of praise.
My dad is known for saying this rapidly in a funny, raspy voice. He always says it when I'm starting to doubt the wisdom in something he's doing. I usually respond with something along the lines of "If we get in trouble, I'm blaming you."
Is this the right attitude? Who knows, but my dad goes along with it, as long as I'm respectful.
However, as wonderful as my dad is, he is not the reason I'm writing. These days, I'm faced with a difficult situation. Many, if I'm honest with myself, but that's another story. In all honesty, I scared of what the future holds, the near and the far. And I know the saying, "I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future," but I don't really like it. It's a platitude, a cliche. Annoying.
But it's true. I know He who knows and controls the future. But do I trust Him?
That's what I've been wrestling with these last few days. Do I truly trust Him? Actually, it's the one He has been asking me whenever I tell Him I'm scared of something. How do I respond? "Yes, but...(fill in the blank)." But He always quiets me, and He then tells me something like what my dad says.
"Trust me."
With the latest worry I've been facing, I've told God about many times, but every time it had a new angle, a new worry that threatened to shake me.
This last time, I told God about it and He asked me again, "Nathan, do you trust me?" I responded "Yes." I didn't put in a "but..." and I told God (and myself, slightly) That I will trust Him completely. Then He said one simple word to me, one He had never told me before.
He said, "Watch." And then he continued. "Watch and see Me, Nathan. See what I shall do for you."
Now, none of this was really audible, per se, but I knew He said it to me. Have I seen it yet? No. Bit that's okay. God can do amazing things. I know already because I have seen the changes he has made in me.I am still waiting, still watching, and still trusting.
Holy is He and worthy of praise.
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