Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Psalm 27:5; Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Prov. 3:5-6; O Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 2 Sam 7:28; May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Rom. 15:13
Dear heavenly Father, I praise you today for the multiple commands in the Bible to trust you. For in the times of trouble; in the out-of-my-control circumstances; on the crooked, dark, winding paths; and in the I-don’t-get-this days, we will look to something or someone to trust.
What relief, peace and assurance to know that you, alone, are trustworthy. You always command our good in your Word and in providence;, and you always empower our obedience with your grace and your Spirit. Hallelujah, many times over.
Father, first of all, for the many attempts I make not to need you and to be my own savior—or at least a consulting partner to the Trinity, forgive me. I praise you for your kindness, patience and forbearance. I so look forward to the Day when I’m no longer averse to my weakness and allergic to your grace.
Even though I assume I will only be able to trust you with ALL my heart on the Day when Jesus returns, I will trust you today with as much of my heart as I can possibly muster.
Father, for the broken circumstances I’d love to fix, I surrender, palms up to you. I know you well enough to realize, that things are not as they appear to me, with my naked eye. Even when I try to look at some things with the eye of faith, I’m still smitten with astigmatism of the soul.
But you are in control when it seems like you’re not—or worse, when it seems like you don’t care. You are working in all things for your glory, and our good, even when it seems like you’re on hiatus or holiday. “Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs (the weightiness) of them all (2 Cor. 4:17).
Father, for the broken people and broken relationships I’d love to fix, I surrender, palms up to you. I confess what you already know to be true. There are people (including myself) that I think, if you’d let me, I could fix in such beautiful and remarkable ways. But, once again, I’m confronted with my arrogance and my impatience; and my heart idols of control and a pain-free heart. I praise you, that in Jesus, I’m already forgiven and righteous; and one Day, I’ll be perfectly free and whole.
Father, as this day unfolds, I choose to lean on you, and not my understanding; I choose to step on the path of grace, and off the highway of my willfulness; I choose to acknowledge you, and stop trying to inform and coach you. Bring your heart, hand and hope to bear. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ merciful and mighty name.
