Trusting the King

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6

What does it look like to trust the Lord? We all know someone who rarely worries and who is one of those awesome peaceful people who are humble and sweet. Most likely that person trusts the King rather than themselves. Does it make sense for a princess to trust herself above the King? Absolutely not!  The King knows what is best for her and pleads for her to trust Him so He can lead her and protect her. At the end of the verse is a promise- He WILL direct your path. He doesn't say "go on your own, you can figure it out and work things out on your own".....He promises to not be by our side, but to DIRECT us!

He simply SPOKE the earth into creation. He CHOSE to create you. Do you not think He is capable of leading you throughout your life? Just take a few minutes to reflect on how powerful your King is....

There are difficulties in life that God will lead you to that ONLY He can fix, to prove His faithfulness.

Think about your human strength for a second...you can lift maybe a 25 llb weight? God not only holds the world in His hands....but the universe and all the galaxies....He's just a tad more powerful! Why do we tend to trust in ourselves more than in God, who's strength is incomparable to ours? PRIDE.

I looked up "trust" on pinterest and it was amazing to see how many pictures talked about trusting in yourself. Why trust in yourself when we have an ALL-POWERFUL God who is faithful and promises to lead us if we will simply trust Him. Trusting in myself is the last thing I want to do...I am an imperfect human. I don't even want to imagine a life filled with only trusting in myself. "He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe." Proverbs 28:26

This year the biggest thing the Lord taught me was to trust Him. I am definitely a planner and love to have a plan for everything. Senior year of high school I was happy to say I had a planned major, so I knew where I was going and exactly what I was going to major in. Then, of course, with God's humor, He decided to show me who was REALLY in control. I got to orientation to find the major I had selected was not an undergrad, but only a Master's program. Inside I was crushed....I was going to be one of those "undecided kids" who had no plan for college. I had NO idea what I wanted to do. Honestly, being undecided has been one of the GREATEST blessings in my life. God had to take away that plan in order to remind me who was in control and who's hand I was in. I knew He was trustworthy and that He would guide me, but it was hard to give up that pride of doing things in my own strength over to Him. It takes a lot of prayer and reminding yourself of how powerful the Lord is.

     "Vast quantities of time and energy are wasted in obsessive planning. When you let Me direct your steps, you are set free to enjoy Me and to find what I have prepared for you this day" (Jesus Calling).

Once I trusted the Lord and placed my love of planning on the alter, He set me free, and gave me peace.

Once you truly trust the Lord, He can show you His mighty power and blow you away!! After God taught me to trust Him, He showed me His pure faithfulness. I felt like it was time for me to go on my first mission trip, but did not have a peace about any of the ones DBU had this year. After many searches online for Madagascar mission trips, I came up empty. I began praying He would open up doors when the time was right. At the beginning of January God began to start showing me how faithful He is. A friend at church asked me if I was interested in going on a mission trip to Madagascar with his school (southwestern theological seminary). UMMM....YESSS! I couldn't help but laugh at how faithful God was...and that was only the beginning. After getting information to me over time, He got interested in it too and we both signed up to go....we got the last two spots available. We will be spending one week in West Madagascar where we will take a class on animism, so we can witness to the people there. In the hotel there is a lemur room where you walk in and lemurs come and jump on you. SWEET MUFFINS! (Lemurs have been my favorite animal since I was little and it is what God used to connect me to Madagascar where He has called me to be a missionary). From there we are taking a 5 day African bus ride (oh boy....) to the very south of Madagascar where "out in the middle of nowhere" will be the right term to use haha. There we will go hut to hut and witness to people and we will all have our own translator. Not only did God place this trip in my hands, but I was also praying for people to get in touch with who are missionaries there. My roommate walked in one day and said she saw a family's name in the prayer room who are missionaries in Madagascar and they had their email address. I began to email them and found out they are actually going to be part of our trip. Not only did God give me people to get in touch with, but I will get to meet them.....talk about FAITHFUL. This is what God can do when you trust Him.

Maybe you are having trouble trusting the Lord in your college choice. Maybe it's your major, maybe it's an important move, Maybe it's with something medical, maybe it's with a relationship or a future relationship. Whatever it is....just remember, He is Faithful to lead. LET HIM LEAD. Part of being a set apart daughter is placing your thoughts and actions on the alter and giving your King FULL control. He Loves you and wants to give you freedom from worry, freedom from over planning, freedom to trust the Lord with the future.

How has God been faithful in your life?