When God speaks to the depths of our being, and calls us to trust Him, and when things later do not turn out the way we expected, one of the voices that screams at us is "Why didn't you act on this before?!" It is the voice of fear. It tells us that we should not have trusted God but depended on ourselves. It tells us that we didn't do enough. It tells us that God only helps those who help themselves.
But God calls us to trust Him even more in these times. He knows exactly what is going on, and He gives us wisdom to act from a place of rest, not a place of fear. When the Israelites were led out of Egypt, one of their first complaints was this: "God, why did you lead us out of here, only to die in hunger?" But God was calling them to trust Him even more. His love... His unfailing, abundant, amazing love that knows us and cares about us down to our deepest desires, that knows even every strand of hair on our head. It is this love that makes this trust possible.
Trust doesn't need to understand. It needs only to know the love of the Person we are trusting. It needs only to believe in His ability, not ours.
Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 483
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I'm not sure.
But I am supposed to be sure.
I do know that:
'God is love.'
There are many religions in the world.
The insistence of one's own religion has inevitably caused massive chaos.
I trust the bible because it provides a great frame of reference.
Some say there is no contradiction but in fact there are.
A friend says the bible are smart stories.
They are written by humans who receive the wisdom from God
or who record the life events as they see them.
Each person is subjective.
Maybe only Jesus is not subjective.
Each person writes in a way prejudiced towards his own opinions.
He tries to be impartial but, that's the way he thinks.
This is the same for all the religious texts.
God is greater than all the religious texts.
We want to find out the true nature of God.
One of the universal truths we know is love.
It takes some common sense to generate a set of universal truths.
Sometimes we just need to relax and listen to music and songs.
We should not give up trying.
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