Lately I have been dealing with the pressures of starting a church. Building, money, equipment, people, chairs, helpers, the list of needs go on and on, which makes my concerns make sense to me. The thing that doesn’t make sense though, is not trusting the One who got me here to provide for those needs.

Trust and Faith are two important things in the walk of a person after God’s heart. The Word of God says that “WITHOUT FAITH IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD”. That’s a pretty strong comment if you ask me. “Impossible” doesn’t leave much room for arguments. Here’s the weird part…most of us think we have a ton of faith. When we go through small trials, we think, that was easy, serving God is a piece of cake. The key is when the “trials” hit you where it counts. When the thing that you hold dear (or maybe too dear) becomes the target of the “trial”, it all of sudden starts to hurt more than normal.

Lately I have found that God has reaffirmed the importance of trusting Him for my provision. When you live in the economy that we live in right now in the US, you have to cling to something that has stability. God is our source of peace and provision. God is your source for your future mate. God is the source for your healing. God is your source for happiness….NOT YOU.

Get it in your head that you will have to trust someone, other than yourself. If you like to control the situation, than this one will be hard for you to do. But giving over complete control to God is really the only way to truly serve Him. Remember, without Faith (that’s the trusting part) it’s IMPOSSIBLE to please (serve) God. Most of us do all the good stuff (going to church, serving the community, loving your family, reading the bible, etc) but we don’t do the ONE THING that’s the most important….COMPLETELY TRUSTING AND SURRENDERING TO HIM and HIS PLAN.

Search your heart and find the areas you might not be willing trust God with. Give it over to him and see how much easier it is to serve Him.

M