Seek and Trust
Seek is a verb. It’s an action. It doesn’t mean that I can stand by and wait for the Lord to drop into my life unexpectedly, not that He couldn’t do that. From reading the below verse I realize that He is wanting me to do something, seek Him, pursue Him, perform an action showing that I desire Him. But there’s also another action part to the verse….trust. If I’ve sought Him, reached out, cried out, even if I’m face down on the floor I can seek, then I know I can trust that He hears me and will not forsake me, will not leave me alone. I can seek, that action verb isn’t as challenging, but trust, on the other hand, why is that a hard verb to process?
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. - Psalm 9:10
To trust means to give all authority and control over, to relinquish rights to steer the ship, admit that I’m ok with not being in control of what happens next and allowing God full rights to the outcome. Why does this make me nervous? If I fully follow my Lord, why do I struggle with this? I must believe that I can do better, keep accidents and mishaps from happening. But I know the truth, I can’t, I’ve proven that well enough. And to make matters more difficult, this includes trusting Him with our children. I don’t mind as much allowing control go of my life, but I’m willing to hand my own life over in exchange to save my children. But sometimes God says, “trust” and allow me to steer their lives too.
So, on every new turn in the path that gets laid down before me I must learn to let go and trust in His plan and not lean on my own understanding. There is a plan, and His plan is better than mine.
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. – Proverbs 16:9
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Wow! Trusting. Very challenging for me as well. This was extremely needed to be read. Thank you for blessing me.
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