Wouldn't this be wonderful? Really wonderful?
In the 28th chapter of Isaiah, we read, "Watch closely. I'm laying a foundation in Zion, a solid granite foundation, squared and true. And this is the meaning of the stone: A TRUSTING LIFE WON'T TOPPLE."
Yesterday a man in one of my churches said he got up Sunday morning and journaled some. He said he rarely does, but he felt like it. He said he thought long and hard about trusting God. He said he thought about the old hymn "Trust and Obey." He said he wished we would sing it sometime. Unknown to him, I had it in the bulletin yesterday as our second hymn. A God moment, trust me.
This notion of trust is a great idea. Trust goes beyond health and life insurance, goes beyond precautions, goes beyond paranoia. Trust of the Lord is absolutely the essential, well, cornerstone that Christianity is founded upon.
Without trust, no justice. Without trust, no faith. Without trust, no real love. Without trust, no hope. Without any of those, no real life. Trust is not taking God out when we're exposed as if he were some sort of lucky charm. Trust is not praying only when things fall part. Trust is not questioning goodness and justice when it comes roaring down the mountain like melting snow. Trust is not even about doubts.
Trust is a simple acknowledgement that God is in control, even when it seems unlikely. It is an element that has sadly slipped in this generation. We don't trust our politicians. We don't trust our own families. We find trust as hard to obtain as credit today, which by the way is another sign that trust has gone away.
God knows, though.
God says later to Isaiah, "These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their hearts aren't in it. Because they act like that, they're worshiping me but don't mean it. I'm going to step in and shock them awake, astonish them, stand them on their ears. The wise ones who had it all figured out will be exposed as fools. The smart people who thought they knew everything will turn out to know nothing."
If we could grow beyond your meager selves, surrender self to him, acknowledge him as our leader broad and strong, life would grow much more peaceful.
In the latter part of Isaiah's 29th chapter, God says, "and then before you know it, without you having anything to do with it...the deaf will hear word for word what's been written. After a lifetime in the dark, the blind will see. The castoffs of society will be laughing and dancing in God, the down and outs shouting praise to the Holy of Israel."
How?
By trusting him, in darkness and light, in good and in bad, in peace and in tragedy. Trust. Only Trust.
Trust me on this.
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