by Julia Duffy
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not on your own understanding:
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your path.” Proverbs 3:5-6
When you learn to trust in the Lord, you feel like you are being held by an amazing, strong power. That power is God! Deuteronomy 33:27 says, “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” Imagine that you are five years old again and you wanted to show your daddy how you can go across the monkey bars without any help. You get half way and you can’t go any further, your arms hurt, and the ground seems so far away. Then you hear your daddy’s voice; “It is okay daughter, I will catch you. Just let go and trust me.” You can’t see your daddy, but you know that he is there; you know that he loves you and will catch you. You finally decide to let go because you don’t have any more strength to hold on. You feel like you are falling for a split second, then you feel your daddy’s big, strong hands holding you.
“But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, ‘You are my God.'”
{Psalm 31:14}
In a similar way, it is a peaceful time when you know that your heavenly Father is there. I have been feeling like that; I can sense something powerful holding me, wrapping me in His amazing love!
“But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.”
{Psalm 13:5}
Psalms is an amazing book in the Bible. These songs are such praises to God, and it shows David was a normal human being, with feelings, who was also scared at times, who needed to learn how to trust in the Lord, and who also failed, sinned and repented before the Lord.
“When I am afraid, I will trust in you.”
{Psalm 56:3}
Also, I love reading about David in I & II Samuel and in I Kings. His stories are so adventure-filled, and when you read his words, you can sense what David was feeling when he wrote them. Don’t you think that you would be scared if a king and his army was hunting you down, when all you had ever been to the king was a friend?! Don’t you think that you would be crying out to the Lord for His help? “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:2). I think that this was a part of David’s test; God was teaching him how to trust in Him. God had a plan for David, but David needed to trust in God so that God could use him.
That is the same for you and me. We need to learn to have complete trust in the Lord, so that He can begin to teach and use us! Life is a learning process – there is never a time when you are not learning something. When you are a baby, you learn to crawl, walk, talk and climb. When you get older you start to learn your colors, numbers, alphabet, and how to read and write. God does the same, He gives us little things at first and then they get harder and harder. He wants to know if we really love Him and if we will do anything He asks of us. I must admit I can feel God working and stretching me. I don’t want to resist His teaching hand. I am saying, “Yes, Lord!”
“The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Grace be with you. Amen.”
{2 Timothy 4:12}
Julia Duffy (14)
{Guest Writer}
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So wonderful Julia! Awesome and terrific job! I really like and agree with what you said and have been wanting to write an article about that too! God wants us to know and trust Him in everything, including the bitty things. You want to go to Africa? Then learn how to get along with your siblings at home first. You want to do something really big for God? Then learn how to do the little things first-WELL. The book “Making brothers and sisters best friends” by the Mallys talks about that and they explain it well too.
~Lydia-Grace
Lydia Grace, I’m so glad that you enjoyed my article. I loved writing it! :) Your points are so true! You must work on the little things first, before the big things! I have also read “Making brothers and sisters best friends”. It was a while ago though and I want to read it again! :)
God Bless,
Julia Ryan♥
So glad Julia!
I encourage you to check out the Mally’s blog too.
http://www.brothersandsisters.net/gracenotes/
Your post is just what I needed this morning! Jehovah has been putting upon my heart that I just need to trust Him every day, and He has used this post to bring it home! Thank you for sharing, Julia!
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
Ephesians 6:24
God bless,
Lillian
Lillian, you don’t know how blessed I felt from your comment! I’m so glad from the little I have learned I was able to share it with you. :)
In Christ,
Julia Ryan♥
Thank you so much for the encouraging article Julia! I was blessed by it greatly, and enjoyed so much.
Thank you once again!
Blessings,
~Lydia
Lydia, I’m glad that you felt blessed. I feel so blessed by being able to write this! The Lord really wrote it, not me. I just moved the pencil and sent it in, but all the glory goes to Him! ♥
In Christ,
Julia Ryan♥
This is incredibly true, Julia! Your words are led by the Holy Spirit, you bless me so much! I love the example with our earthly father and our Heavenly Father… Many times the Lord uses things that are familiar to us to help us comprehend “what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God” (Ephesians 3:18-19)! Thank you so much for your beautiful article! :)
Thanks for such a great article Julia!
It was certainly a BIG blessing to me!
Blessings,
Megan
Thank you for writing this it was just what I needed!
Thanks for writing these articles each month. I really look forward to reading them every month. Thank you for encouraging Godly behavior. May the Lord bless who ever reads this article and you, Julia.
Very well written and very encouraging, Julia! Thank you! God bless. :)
Thank you everyone for being so encouraging! I was very excited when Sarah Bryant asked me to write for the monthly forum and I am even more excited that you all liked what I wrote! It is a huge deal to me! Thank you all for your sweet comments. God Bless!
In Christ,
Julia Ryan♥
Great job Julia!! You are such a gifted writer!
Your sister,
Sarah