The writer of Proverbs called us to trust the Lord with all our heart (Prov 3:5). I don’t know about you, but I’ve had times when I’ve NOT trusted like I should. Maybe these descriptions of ways I know I’m not trusting will help you evaluate your own life:
- I lie awake at night. I do that because I’m still learning later in life how to leave things at Jesus’ feet.
- I too quickly get frustrated with God’s seemingly delayed responses to my prayers. When I expect God to act according to my plans, I’m not trusting Him as I should.
- I act first and pray second … if at all. You don’t think much about trusting God when you can handle it on your own.
- I worry. Sometimes my distraction from trust is trying to come up with my own solution; in other cases, it’s just anxiety over something I can’t change.
- I get afraid. I may not admit it, but it’s real at times. When fear keeps me from taking steps of faith, I’m not trusting God.
- I see the negative more than the positive. When your proverbial glass is always half empty, you miss the work of God around you—and you consequently don’t trust Him.
- I don’t listen to God through His Word. I may read it, but that doesn’t always equate to hearing Him and trusting Him. Sometimes it’s part of my job.
- I just know I’m not trusting Him like I tell others to trust Him. The Spirit of God has a way of teaching us about ourselves . . . even when we don’t like what we learn.
I trust I’m still learning to trust, but I pray I’m still growing. What about you—how do you know when you’re not trusting God like you want?
I’m thinking of putting an end of trusting god any more. The big being is just concerned about getting praises and glory for himself but is truly unconcerned about my personal life and troubles. I’m tired of trusting in vain fake promises and thinking of ending my life.
I strongly encourage you to talk to someone. Praying.
I saw a recent posts about how having faith is now about, “what if”, but it really is about “even if’, but sometimes when I pray for something, I just always tend to think about the what if.s. but im trying daily to continue to guard my mind from intrusive thoughts.
It’s hard to trust God when it doesn’t seem like He is working in my life directly.