“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.” — Psalm 62:5-8
I’m not exactly sure what each of you is going through. But I know that, most likely, we are staring something in the face that brings us to a place of needing to trust Jesus. Perhaps in the past weeks (or in the coming weeks), you are wrestling with trusting Jesus.
Psalm 62 reminds me that trusting Jesus is an active choice. It’s a process of working through our fears, doubts, worries, and hurts — and bringing them to the feet of Jesus to work them out with Him.
I think this ongoing wrestle of trust is the only way you and I will get through the tough things. It just is. If I am not making the active choice to trust in what is true, if I am not rooted in God’s promises, I will be swept away by the storms staring me down.
Sadly, for some of us, I think there can be misconceptions about what trusting God means.
What It Means to Trust Him
Sometimes we think that truly trusting God is this one-time thing. Like getting your train ticket punched, and now you are on your way to “Trust City” without a care in the world. You can do whatever you want, and you will never doubt.
It doesn’t work that way. Trusting Jesus is a day-by-day, minute-by-minute, moment-by-moment choice. We can’t believe all the other garbage out there.
Also, we can mistake thinking an active choice of trusting God means you become perfectly rational, fearless, logical, calm, relaxed, and collected. We can believe we shouldn’t question or bring our real concerns to God.
However that’s not exactly what it looked like for King David. Though he says, “I will not be shaken,” he certainly might have looked frazzled. But His ultimate hope was never shaken.
We need to do what Psalm 62 says: trust in Him at all times by pouring our hearts out to Him. Take refuge in Him. Without a doubt, God will meet us in the storm, in our despair, and in our active choice to trust.
Wrestling and trusting,
Posted in A Word from the Pastor