Roadtrip anyone?

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will be the Source of your Help.” Psalm 37: 4, 5

This is much easier said (or read) than done. Trusting God can be so difficult as times, more so than not. Trust is a process; it’s not just handed to us when we get saved, it’s a journey, and it’s definitely not a perfect journey. Just picture it. Your life is a car. Your car tries and tries, but every up and down hill puts strain on the engine. Potholes ruin your car, tiny pebbles scratch your windshield, spilt Dr. Pepper develops into an eye-catching strain on your carpet, and mud becomes a permanent hood ornament. Sometimes, it may seem easier to call off the road-trip rather than embrace the mess.

But you know what? God NEVER gives up on us! He is willing to embrace our mess, time and time again. At the end of every detour or wrong exit is a Daddy with His arms open wide. God doesn’t care about the what we look like on the journey...He’s just proud of us for trying and so He continues to cheer us on. And that’s all His wants of us. He wants us to try. We always complicate everything and think that our path should be perfect, and if it’s not, we’re doing something wrong. Our thinking is what causes us stress and disappointment, not the journey. Once we realize that we aren’t perfect and our ability to trust isn’t perfect, it becomes so simple. And attainable.

Life is a learning experience. We just have to take that first step, that declaration of “Ok, God, I don’t understand, but here we go...” That’s all that trust is!

So, I guess what I’m saying is...keep trusting. Don’t give up on the journey. Keep running after Him with all of your heart and you will be blessed! “Trust Him, and He will be the Source of your Help.” That’s a promise, and God can’t break a promise. Isn’t that wonderful?