Trust in God
July 5, 2006

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
 

Jesus told His disciples that He was going away and would send someone to carry on for Him.  This one would be a Comforter, a Helper, to remind and to guide.  If He wasn't supposed to guide us in all things, how would we know when He was guiding and when He wasn't?  It occurs to me that if I'm tuned in to You, Jesus, I'm guided in everything I do.

The key is so simple.  So often I have stubbornly knocked and banged my head against a door of decision or opportunity I wanted to push open.  And so often nothing happened.  The door just wouldn't budge.  At other times when You and I were tuned in to the same channel, I barely touched the latch, and the door swung open.  Everything poured out: happiness, opportunities for creativity, spiritual presents, deeper relationships with friends, and when the timing was right, a chance to share Your love with someone....Your guidance kind of snowballs, God, from relying on You for dozens of little actions and decisions, we learn to seek Your guidance in times of big events, even tragedies in our lives.  Gradually we begin to rely on you in everything we do no matter how insignificant.