Trust Needed

Trust

If you hear this word, what do you associate it with? Or what do you directly think, if you hear or read the word ‘trust’?

Trusting ain’t easy. I agree. I have to learn for some years to FULLY trust my boyfriend, no matter where we are and how we are (bad mood, in the fighting mood, or in a good mood).

Trusting someone visible is difficult. So, I believe, trusting someone (or something) invisible would be even more difficult. How about trusting God?

I always fail to FULLY trust him. There has always been so many excuses NOT to trust Him; from “what if,..” question to “He doesn’t answer my prayer” statement.

Yesterday, during Sunday service, Daniel Alexander, the speaker, uttered something meaningful. “If you learn to trust God, God will entrust you with something big, too.”

I have never known that our relationship with God is mutual.

He, then, uttered a question “do you think that God ever lies to you?” The next question is “do you think it is possible that God would lie to you?” And the answer to both the questions is a big NO.

So, why is it so hard to trust Him? It was Daniel’s last question.

I felt very embarrassed in front of Daniel Alexander, also in front of God. Recently, I have failed to trust God; I refused to trust Him because it was a too-good-to-be-true request I asked from Him. In the end, He truly fulfilled His promise. It came true!

Oops, sorry, God! :(

This morning, a very nice article has advised me, titled "A bigger frying pan", about dreaming big and trusting our BIG GOD. Enjoy,…

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A Bigger Frying Pan

Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced fisherman, the other wasn't.

Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever the inexperienced fisherman caught a big fish, he threw it back.

The experienced fisherman watched this go on all day and finally got tired of seeing this man waste good fish. "Why do you keep throwing back all the big fish you catch?" he asked.

The inexperienced fisherman replied, "I only have a small frying pan."

Sometimes, like that fisherman, we throw back the big plans, big dreams, big jobs, and big opportunities that God gives us. Our faith is too small.

We laugh at that fisherman who didn't figure out that all he needed was a bigger frying pan; yet how ready are we to increase the size of our faith?

Whether it's a problem or a possibility, God will never give you anything bigger than you can handle. That means we can confidently walk into anything God brings our way. (source: Yahoogroups - English)