Faith in God's Word

Surely or only goodness, mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place. Psalm 23:6 AMP

Here is one of God's promises about our future. A promise about what we will experience all the days of our lives - goodness, mercy and unfailing love. It is so easy to have faith in this promise when we see goodness, mercy and unfailing love in and around us. 

But what about on the days when it isn't so easy to see His goodness, mercy and unfailing love? What about those days when it takes every ounce of self-control to take thoughts captive and not indulge in self-pity, but rather turn our mind to God's promises and choose to believe them?

God's promises don't change. 

Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. Psalm 119:89 AMP

No, His promises do not change. It is our response to them that changes, and what a lot of emotional energy we can waste in that process. How exhausting it can be! So why do we do it? Why do we oscillate between believing and questioning? 

I think it is because we don't really know and understand God. We don't really know who He is and how much He loves us. We don't really understand how He works, His plan to work all things together for good. We get glimpses, but not the big big picture. And a lack of knowledge and understanding makes it difficult for us to simply trust Him.

Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. Proverbs 3:5 AMP

Because trusting Him completely means we have to 'let go' of all our ideas and understanding and trust that He knows and He has it all under control. And trusting is hard, because for so many of us, we have trusted in the past, and seemingly been disappointed. And we have to pick up and acknowledge wholeheartedly .....

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 AMP

Question for today, is there a promise from God that you some times struggle to believe is going to come to pass? Today, let's ask God to show us what is holding us back from continually trusting in Him? And show us what we need to do to change. He loves us and wants the best for us. 

We love Him, because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19 AMP