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Trust
~Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.~
The last several months the Lord has really been working on me in the area of trust. Trusting Him in all things to be exact! He has spoken to me and showed me that my full trust should not be in my control, in the power of myself or others, my trust should not be in people, circumstances, things or devices. My trust has to be in Him, and Him alone!
Lets look at the definition of trust in Websters 1828 dictionary.
n. confidence that which is committed to ones care credit given without examination care; management v.t. to place confidence in; to rely on to believe to commit to the care of in confidence to venture confidently
Dear ladies, are you placing all your trust in the Lord? Are you trusting Him in submitting to your husband? Or, are we putting on submissiveness to our husband then turning to our girlfriend or self and saying, "Im so nervous, he thinks we should...?" Not only is that not submitting and being a helper to your husband, but your husbands heart will not safely trust in you, and more importantly that is not trusting God to direct your husband.
The Lord calls us to submit to our husbands. Therefore, we need to just do it and have full confidence (trust) in the Lord to work in our husbands and take charge of them. Psalms 34:7 tells us to "be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him..." Often we need to wait patiently, put our full confidence (trust) in the Lord, and believe (trust) that He will work in our husbands, and direct them in His ways. There have been times when I was fearful of decisions my husband was making or not making for that matter. I would think, "but oh, if we do such and such we could stumble and fall, there might be danger down that path, is he sure this is right? He has been wrong before." But you know what, the Lord delights in us when we are helpers (not naggers) to our husbands! And the bible tells us that when the Lord delights in our ways, our steps will be firm, even if we stumble, we wont fall. It tells us that the Lord upholds us with His hand! WOW! How awesome!
Have you committed the care of (trust) of your fertility to the Lord? Have you placed confidence in and relied on (trust) the Lord to give you the number of children He desires for you? Whether it be no children, two, four, seven, ten, or even eighteen children? Were not talking about your desires but His. Ouch, this can be a hard one!
I have had my own thoughts and times of fear with this one. We have had times of poverty, I have serious health conditions which a pregnancy could adversely affect, I at times barely manage to keep the ones I have in line, fed, and cleaned. But you know what? Every time I honestly came before the Lord and poured out my heart, told Him exactly how I felt, He always had the same answer! "Do you trust Me enough to believe (trust) that I know what is best for you?" If I was going to be honest with him, I had to search my heat, my soul, my whole being. And at one point I had to sit at my Fathers feet and say, "no Father, I dont have full confidence (trust) in you. Im too scared of the consequences to trust in you." Well, just think about what happens (or most certainly should happen) if your child looked at your husband and said "NO!" It is the same with our heavenly father!!!
Thankfully our God is so gracious and loving. He extended me mercy and grace He walked and talked me through my fears and thoughts, He showed me His ways, He changed my heart. He has directed my paths. God is so good!
There are many areas that we all need to work on in regards to trusting the Lord. These are just two of the areas the Lord has worked on, in me. I want to remind you not to look at things on the surface. Look at them through the eyes of your heavenly father. If you are confident that you belong to Christ then please consider again that we belong to Christ, we are His for Him to do what He wants with us! (2 Corinthians 10:7)
You see, its not about us, its not about our husband, its not about what will or will not happen. Its all about Him! He loves us so much that he sent His son to be persecuted, beaten, and to die for us. He love us that much! Dont you think that we should at least show our love back to Him by trusting Him with all our hearts, just as He asks?!
Ladies, please do not let your hearts be troubled over anything. Do not live in worry or fear. Trust God and trust in Jesus! (John 14:1) For, whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. (Proverbs 29:25) Did you hear that? You are, and will be kept safe if you trust in the Lord! WOW!
Picture yourself basking in the Fathers presence as his unfailing love surrounds you. (Psalms 31:10) Come under his wing and be warm, safe and protected. Sit in His lap with full confidence (trust) in Him. Lean into Him and rely on Him (trust) as He folds you in His arms. He loves you and wants what is best for you!
Remember it is much scarier to say "NO" to your father than to simply trust him!
From my heart, ~RaShea~
Please Note: If you are not confident that you belong to Christ, then please contact me so that I can talk to you about that! |
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