Is trusting God different than trying to trust God?
I had to dictate yesterday’s post (This Morning …) to my lovely wife. At one point I said I was “trying to trust God.”
Becky said, “Why ‘trying’? Why not just trust Him?”
Good question. I do trust Him—intellectually. I believe He’s in control, that He causes all things to work together for good.
So why don’t I just trust Him. Why do I allow doubt to get in the way? Why do I have to try to trust Him?
I don’t know why, but I do.
Am I the only one? Does this happen to you?
I’ve been so blessed. Everything in my experience tells me to trust Him, but still I don’t. This statement from Romans 7 resonates with this internal struggle:
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Sometimes I wonder what Jesus thinks when He sees my lack of trust in response to His incredible sacrifice.
I’m thankful for grace.
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