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ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE
Can you
REALLY
trust God?
Psalm 37:1-3 is a great promise for us in God’s Word. It says, “Do not
fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do
wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants
they will soon die away. Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land
and enjoy safe pasture” (NIV).
These verses reassure us that we don’t need to be worried about every-
thing wrong that’s happening in the world, because God is still in control. give it to me. I want to do Your will in this situation, and I’m trusting You
And He’s going to take care of us as long as we trust Him and do good.
But we all have times when we wonder, “Is God really going to come
through for me? Can I really trust Him…or do I need to have a backup
plan? If God doesn’t come through quickly enough, how long am I will-
ing or prepared to wait for Him to act?”
The truth is, whether or not you can trust God depends on whether
you’re trying to get Him to give you what YOU want, or what HE wants.
In other words, are you trusting Him to do His perfect will for you, in His to buy clothes for my kids, and we kept giving and tithing as God spoke
perfect timing and in His way?
It’s good for us to tell God what we want and to ask Him for help when
we need it. But sometimes we think we know what is right for us, or we
want something so badly we feel we just have to have it; so instead of
trusting God to do what is best, we tell Him what He needs to do.
10 | JULY 2016
BY JOYCE MEYER
We need to realize that we really are not smart enough to deal with the
problems we face on our own. And when we don’t trust God, we end up
trying to make something happen that only He can do, which just makes
us frustrated.
I’ve discovered that no matter how badly I want something, I need to
pray, “God, if what I want is not what You want for me, then please don’t
to give me what You want for me.”
This is especially important in situations where we don’t understand why
things are happening the way they are. I remember when God told me
to quit my job so I could stay home and study the Word more. This was
the season when He was preparing me for full-time ministry.
It was so hard because without me working, we were $40 short of what
we needed each month just to pay our bills. I would go to garage sales
to our hearts to do it. For six years we had to have a miracle every month
in our finances, and it didn’t make any sense to me at all why it was tak-
ing so long for us to get a breakthrough in our situation.
But I understand now that God was teaching me how to trust Him for
every little thing I needed every day. Everything I went through with God
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