Psalm 34:3-7 says, "Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and he will do this; He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes."
What an incredible passage. As I read, there are a few words that really pop out...trust, be still, wait patiently, delight yourself in the Lord, commit. All these words require action or perhaps inaction on our part. For all these verbs there is an underlying truth that is foundational to all the others. That word and action is trust.
I am coming to realize the more I do or the busier I am, the less I trust God. For example, working to produce something to the point that I go without rest and fail to connect with God usually means I don't trust God to carry out the cause. Often, I have even taken a job that God never asked of me. If I trust God I will be still. If I trust God I can wait patiently knowing He has it in control. If I trust God I won't fret over what people think or compare myself against their so-called success. If I trust God, He will be my complete delight; more than getting my basement carpeted. If I trust God, I will desire more than anything to be His daughter living out the adventure He has in store instead of writing my own epic.
God is radically, completely, always and forever trustworthy. Loving Him must take steps of trust. Loving Him is to die to myself while trusting His plan. This stage in life seems like one death after another. It is the surrender of children, position, relationships and the complete demolition of all that once seemed firm.
Friends, there is absolutely nothing trustworthy in this world but God Himself. Friends and family all want to be trustworthy. If we are Christians I believe we are on the transformative path to becoming trustworthy. However, we wear flesh that is weak. We will from time to time let each other down. For those of us who have failed someone we love, we all know that restoring trust is hard work. God on the other hand never has to restore trust; he never walks away from His character of trust.
We must spend time in the center of our souls where God resides, where He longs to sit with us revealing His love and trust. Cry out to Him. Seek Him in quiet surrender. Lay down the people, positions, things, past, present or future circumstances in your life that you hold tightly because you don't trust God with them. You must be tired of having a death grip on those things. I know I am. I am simply too weary to keep hanging on to these things that are not bringing life to this heart.
I would like to suggest a moment for you. Please go to your favorite MP3 or song source and download a song titled "The Stand" by Hillsong. The words are below. Please listen to this song in your time with the Lord. Take in the words. May they become the cry of your heart.
Be blessed.
The Stand
by Joel Houston
Chorus 1
So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
Verse 1
You stood before creation
Forever within Your hand
You spoke all life into motion
My soul now to stand
Verse 2
You stood before my failure
And carried the cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand
(PRE-CHORUS)
So what can I say
And what can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You
Verse 3
So I'll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
My life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand
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