Trust

We know our fears. 

We know our circumstances. 

What we don’t always know is what God is doing in the midst. 

When the outlook is bleak, when things take a turn you weren’t expecting, when you feel like the world all-around you is crumbling, what do you do?  Where do you turn? 

In His darkest hour, Jesus cried out to God.  But this was not a distant, unseen stranger.  This was His Abba Father, someone who was close to Him, someone He knew and knew Him with great intimacy.  Jack Frost, in his book Experiencing Father’s Embrace, calls intimacy “into-me-see,” because it’s being completely open and naked to another, just as Adam and Eve were before the Fall.  Jesus had that completely open and honest relationship with His Father so that in His darkest hour, He could say—without fear of punishment or abandonment—I’m afraid… ”Father, I’m afraid and I don’t want to go down this path.  But, Father, I know You so well and I trust You.  So Father, let it be Your will, and not Mine.  I trust You completely,” (see Mark 14:36). 

Do you have that relationship with your heavenly Father?  If not, you can.  It takes adopting an “into-me-see” attitude with God.  It takes trusting Him and talking openly and honestly with Him.  It takes listening to Him and following what He has to say.  Like with any relationship, trust takes trust, but the more you trust Him, the more you will trust Him.  If you trust Him with little issues, you will trust Him with big issues.  If you turn to Him in times of peace, you will turn to Him in times of distress.  Allow Him to be your Abba Father, with whom you share everything.  He longs to have the relationship with you.

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment…We love because he first loved us. ~ 1 John 4:18-19