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I will not be afraid today. My God stands with me, and in trusting this, I fear nothing. Are you facing the world alone? Do you only seek God when you come up against trouble? Do you only turn to Jesus in the midst of life’s storms? Try walking with Them before hardship arrives!
In whom do we trust our lives? We like to say that we have placed our faith in Jesus Christ, that we listen to the Holy Spirit’s guidance, and have placed our trust in God, but then we retreat to our prayer closets and try to dictate the path our life will take. Before we say that this doesn’t describe us I ask that we each do some soul searching. Let’s ask ourselves how often we pray for what we want to happen, and compare the frequency of those prayers with how often we pray “Father, your will, not mine, be done!” We all have things we want to have happen in our lives; new jobs, healing, provision, and every order of blessing, but do we trust in God to give us these things in the best possible way, or do we want Him to do exactly what we want, and to do these things precisely as we have envisioned that they should occur? Who are we really entrusting our lives to?
In this life we take upon ourselves the responsibility for many of the troubles, and things that challenge us. When a father dies a child steps forward and takes control of the family farm, or when cancer attacks there is always one soul who, more than all the others, becomes the caregiver, and goes with the sick one to the doctor, and holds their hand while they suffer. As men and women of faith we will always be joined by God, and Jesus Christ, in such times as these, yet so often we don’t accept Their care like we should. When we are sick we keep looking towards our human caregivers for comfort, and when we are holding the hand of someone who is struggling, we never want to let it go, or put it in the hand of Jesus. We are reluctant to take His yoke upon us, and experience His rest.