Thursday, January 17, 2008 - The Fear of Trusting God
Why is it we can't easily let go and trust God? Well, between our three enemies, the world, the flesh and the devil, we get all kinds of conflicting signals. The world tells us to "do our own thing," "find ourselves," "do what feels good," "go for it!" The flesh says to us, "You deserve happiness and you have a right to run your life the way you want to." The devil says, "If you trust God, you most surely will be left to some terrible life. You'll be miserable and alone."
And we listen to these voices and fear takes over, and we're convinced that totally trusting God is too risky. It is meant only for those few people who somehow have the courage to go into "full time Christian service." And we decide that we can trust ourselves better than we can trust God.
Oh how foolish we are to allow the world to shove us into its mold, for it robs us of our trust in God, and that's the only place we'll ever find freedom and peace and relief from fear. It begins with a recognition of who God is, with a true understanding that He is much smarter than we are, that He cares about us and loves us and desires to give us good gifts. And that leads us to understand that the only sensible thing to do is to abandon ourselves to His care and trust Him completely in every area of our life.
God does not negotiate with us. We come His way–through the blood of Jesus Christ–or we don't come at all. He owes us no explanations, no pity, no reward for following Him and trusting Him. Rather, we owe everything to Him, and we come without reservations, if we come to Him.
But once you really comprehend how totally trustworthy God is, you will be glad to yield to His lordship. It takes the monkey off your back. You are no longer responsible for managing your own destiny. Someone far more qualified is now in charge–the God of all ages–and you can be absolutely sure that His plan for your life will be better than your own.
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