"I have no doubt that God treats you as one of His friends by giving you the cross. God's way accomplishes His purpose quicker than anything you could think of."
"Pray for strength and faith enough to trust yourself completely to God. Follow Him simply wherever He may lead you and you will not have to think up big plans to bring about your perfection. Your new life will begin to grow naturally."
"I know you want to see the road ahead rather than trusting God. If you continue this way, the road will get longer and your spiritual progress will slow down. Give yourself as completely as you can to God."
Holy Spirit, I need you to be my teacher. I confess that in the midst of my current circumstances, I don't fully know HOW to surrender and "trust myself completely to" You. My natural tendency is to try to avoid, not embrace, the experience of this pain. And I do want to control it, set limits on it, know how long it will last. This isn't exactly blind trust. I want to "see the road ahead rather than trusting God." Father, please help me. Help me to trust myself completely to You. I want to fully trust You. I want to experience Your comfort, Your fellowship in the midst of suffering. I need You to teach me.
Father, keep my heart soft toward You. It's too easy for me to go into "pain avoidance mode" and let my heart become calloused. I need You to protect me from myself in this. Teach me to trust You, to surrender my heart to You and let You have Your way in me in the midst of this pain. Teach me to embrace the cross.
2 comments:
I definitely understand the desire to want to see the road ahead...I just don't think I have ever looked at it as "instead of trusting God." But that is definitely true. How can we trust Him fully if we know exactly where we are stepping? It should be enough that He is guiding us. Though we may feel blind, He IS our Sight. Without him, we are indeed, blind. Interesting.
True... reminds me of the old Indiana Jones movie where he has to go across from one cliff to another, and AS he steps out, the bridge appears under his feet. Not a second too soon, just RIGHT when he puts his foot down. I feel like that a lot of the time lately with the Lord...
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