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Trust is when someone says, “I’ll catch you,” “I won’t tell anyone, promise.” “It’s you and me, there’s no one else. It’s just us.”, etc. and you believe them. It’s when you tell your friend who you have a crush on and they stay silent. It’s when you ask someone to do something for you and you know it’ll get done. Trusting God is both the easiest and most difficult thing in the world to do. It’s easy, because He’s God and can’t fail, and He knows what’s best. He created everything and exists in the past, present, and future all at the same time. You can trust Him. So why don’t we? Because we want to be right, or because someone or lots of people have broken our trust before, or because we want to be self sufficient like God is. We want to be able to depend on ourselves. If we depend on us, we can’t fail. God knows us better than we’ll ever know ourselves. He knows exactly how many hairs are on our head, He knows our hopes, dreams, aspirations, He knows us inside and out. He created each of uniquely, and He knows us better than anyone else. Let’s say you have a favorite video game, and you introduce your friend to it. Let’s say there’s a level that requires very specific instruction in order to pass. So of course, out of love for your friend, you want to give them the directions. But they don’t want them. “I’ve played video games before, it can’t be that hard.” They fail the level, over and over, and over, and it hurts your heart almost. “Why can’t they just trust me?” you think to yourself, “I’ve beaten this game a thousand times, and I know exactly how to pass this level.” But they won’t listen. They want to do it their way. They don’t care if they fail a million times, they want to pass it on their own, without any help. God looks at us in the same way. “I know how to get through this, I know what you need.” He tells us, but we won’t let Him help us, we want to do it ourselves. We don’t trust Him enough to let Him into our lives with that serious of a role. So how do you trust God? He actually answers us quite perfectly, “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” (Malachi 3:10) This is related to tithing specifically, but what I’m saying is that if you trust God, He proves Himself trustworthy. A few months ago, when God opened my eyes to the man He had for me, I didn’t trust Him right away. And the thing was, I had always bragged saying, “Oh, I trust God completely!” and even if God would ask, “Do you trust Me?” I would say “Yeah, of course! Why wouldn’t I? You’re God!”. Yet when He showed me this guy, I immediately was like, “wait, what? No, I mean yes, but no God, he’s not... is he...? No.. Obviously this is some sort of test, God. So I’ll wait this out, do what you want, but let me know when this is over.” and of course God wasn’t happy with that. I was upset one day, I don’t even remember over what, but I went straight to God like I had been trying to do lately. I again said, “I trust you,” but before I could even finish my sentence God convicted me and said, “You’re not really trusting me at all.” and He was right. He showed me, and spoke to me clearly, about the guy He showed me being the exact one He promised me. And I had to humble myself, say sorry, let go, and trust Him. And He has proven Himself nothing but faithful. Over the months, He has shown me that the man he showed me is exactly the one He had been revealing to me in visions. He matches up perfectly, we line up perfectly spiritually, and he’s everything I’ve ever wanted, and God knows that in a future husband, he is also everything I will need. And vice versa. But this doesn’t “just happen” I have had to, and will continue to, trust God through the process, as well. God proves Himself faithful over time, through many trials and tests in this life, making our faith and trust in Him stronger each time we go through them. God is faithful and trustworthy no matter what. If you’re unsure on whether or not to trust Him, call out to Him! Ask Him, “God, show me how I can trust you!” and remember what Jesus said, “Jesus replied, ‘You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’” (John 13:7) There may be times when you have no idea what God is doing, and you feel confused, maybe scared even, but know that He loves you on a ridiculously high level, and He only wants what’s best for you, and what will benefit you the most. God is right here with you, and He loves you so very much, so don’t be afraid to test Him to see if He’s trustworthy. I promise you that He is, but of course, I also want you to see that for yourself. You are LOVED!!! Melody
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Melody C.God has given me the natural talent as a writer. I felt Him encourage me in the direction of using my natural skill in writing for Him, instead of investing in skills that were basically going to waste. I have been writing my whole life. I love to answer questions, give advice, and share experiences. I hope you enjoy it, and I pray that God speaks through me and to you. If there are ever any typos, please ignore them. They will be fixed as soon as I notice them. Archives
February 2019
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