Trust in Him with all your heart... Sometimes we act like the matters of the heart are not in our control. We say things, like follow your heart and the heart wants what it wants... But the command to trust Him using all my heart points to the truth. I am in control of who and what my heart trusts. Maybe that’s why David so often talked to his heart, telling his soul to remember the Lord, to remember His provision of the past, to remind himself of God’s promises. It seems to lend itself to say, I might be trusting Him with only part of my heart. But God wants it all. No emergency brakes. No backup plan. No self-preservation. All of my heart. All of it. That means the not so pretty parts, too. In my moments of anger. Trust Him. In my frazzled, power-through-it, work hard and you’ll win state. Trust Him. When I feel like all is well, but I analyze possible future circumstances to no end. Trust Him. When I feel inadequate to the tasks I’ve been given. Trust Him. If life feels boring and monotonous in the repetition of dishes, laundry, meals, diapers, nursing, dishes, laundry, meals, diapers, nursing... Trust Him. In anger. I choose to let go of my rights. He will both judge and redeem. Trust Him. In stress. I choose to accept I’m responsible for only what I can do. He will make all things work together for my good. Trust Him. In my thoughts. I choose to enjoy the present. It’s the only place I am. Trust Him. In my humanness. I choose to accept opportunities for growth knowing He will equip me for whatever He calls me to. Trust Him. In my day to day. I choose to accept my calling and use the gifts He has given to serve my family well. To Him this is no small thing. Trust Him. Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. "In exercising faith — trusting fully in the Lord and not leaning on our own understanding — we’re not setting aside our intellect. We’re resting our intellect upon the intellect of God. Nothing is wiser or saner. To do so is to allow Him to direct our paths, which not only lead to ultimate joy, but also make the journey itself, even when laden with sorrow, joyful (2 Corinthians 6:10). And it preserves for us all the pleasures God provides us in the world. To not do this is the height of foolishness and the path to misery. So let us choose joy today by not leaning on our own understanding but in sweet, childlike trust on the sure foundation of our loving Creator’s omniscience." -Jon Bloom
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