Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long, I put my hope in you.”Psalm 25:5
When confronted with difficulties in my life, do I question God, question His timing, His character or love or do I question my understanding of His working?Would my faith stand an unexpected turn? Would I take only blessings from God and not the disappointments too? Or will I trust Him, wholeheartedly, that He knows exactly what He’s doing, and perhaps this closed door means an even better one will soon be opening?
Most often, I put my hope in my situation, my abilities, money, friends not in God. Can God trust me to be faithful to Him regardless of my circumstances, regardless of when He chooses to bless and when He chooses to withhold? Can my hope remain in Him constantly? Sometimes God leads me in the way of desperation to turn me to himself and not myself! Job 13:5 says, Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.
Have you been gravely disappointed in your circumstances? Are you wondering why God has allowed—or not allowed—something in your life? It’s possible He wants you to be desperate for Him, too. When you and I can say our hope is in Him, not in what He will do, then we get a little clearer picture of what it means to follow Him faithfully. Standing unshaken. Amen
