Some thoughts that have been kicking around the back of my mind lately relate to how much I do or do not trust in God’s provisions in my life. When I trust, it is faithful following. When I do not trust, it is fearful and difficult and things almost always seem to fall apart. It is not so much an issue of me trying to figure out how I am going to handle a particular problem or issue, as much as it seems to be one of simply leaning into God’s loving arms.
If one’s goal is true radical living, apart from the way of the world, the issue of trusting/not trusting will come across your path sooner or later. While big life-crisis situations are usually the place we encounter our personal moments of faith or lack of faith, I think it also happens in the simple almost lack-luster moments of our life. It’s not so much when I might be facing a raging medical situation or a threatening business situation, but what I am and what I do when there is no major pressure going on. Another way to say it might be if we cannot see God doing the big things in our lives like parting of the Red Sea, we’ll not be listening for the still, small voice of God.
I guess for the believer, it would seem if you master the simple steps of trusting God when things are not all that energized, you might do better when they are! It needs to be second nature, a way of life, going to the core of our DNA, where we begin to take everything to the Lord in prayer, thanking Him for everything in our lives. Seeking His will first, always aware of the steps we need to take to put that trust in action. It really ought to be our starting line. It really might be the place where all our blessings start.
Total, radical, reliance on the King of Kings. An amazing concept if you can wrap your mind around it!
