September 8, 2008
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Trust
My devotional this morning brought me to Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path.”
How can I trust someone if I do not know them? How can I trust the Lord in the big areas of my life if I don’t trust Him in the little areas of my life? This verse says “in ALL your ways”. I have had to learn to trust the Lord on a whole new level than I had to in the past. The little things I could do on my own I took for granted and didn’t trust God to help me. But thrown into a new culture, new language, new way of living and the little things are now huge. I am, more and more, realizing my dependence upon Him. Which for me, (a bit of a control freak and independent minded) has been difficult as I am continually being humbled. That’s a word so many have challenges with, myself included. This past weekend I co-taught at a seminar for children’s ministry. I have taught many seminars here in Romania but this was the first without a translator. I stumbled through it a little (okay alot), had to keep it simple, was nervous beyond anything I ever imagined but still managed to get through it…. No I take that back, God got me through it. While I was excited to accomplish this huge task of teaching in Romanian I couldn’t help but feel a bit frustrated. There was more I wanted to say but didn’t know the words, did I sound stupid? Did I say the wrong thing? It would have been so much easier to just speak in my heart language and have a translator help me. But then God doesn’t always call us to do the “easy”. Had I taken the easy road I would not have grown as much has I have this past week just in the preparation and actually teaching in a foreign language but most of all my dependence and trust in the Lord to help me through it all. Are you dependent on God in all your ways? Do you trust Him in the little things as well as the big things?
Tamara
Comments (3)
Good insights and way to get out there and try!
Good insights and way to get out there and try!
Perfect timing! I just got home from ladies Bible study. I lead a table and I always feel inadequate as soon as it ends. Why did I say that… why did I ramble on and on… who do I think I am? So, I’m starting to journal as soon as I get home… and right after I did… I read this… God, you place us where we need to strain… so that we realize that it is not about us… but about You in us!