Can God Trust Me

This question can God trust me? came to mind after reading the second chapter of Job, where he reply’s back to his wife saying “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Reading this scripture opened up my spirit to find many hidden treasures to behold.

When God blesses me with good things, I graciously accept it giving him praises of thanks, rarely ever questioning Lord, what I have done to deserve these blessings? And I am sure he entrusted me to receive them knowing somewhere in the midst of my blessings, that his name would be glorified.

Oh how easy it is to receive good from the hand of God, the question is would I also be able to accept the bad. I’m not saying all bad things comes from the Lord, I do know from reading in Job that the Lord allows certain events to take place in our lives, reasons we may never know why until we see him face to face.

But would he be able to trust me, my faith in him, or my faithfulness to him. Could he trust me to still give him my worship, thanks, or bring glory to his name? Even through times of uncertainty, struggles, and hardships, we face through this journey of life. Can we still put on our garment of praise, even when our spirits are so heavy, weary, and burdened?

I can tell you this much, there are circumstances in my life that I surely did not sign up for, but good or bad, my life has always been in his hands and always will be. I was forced to really stop, take a hard look at myself, and my life, to face things head on, instead of being in denial. That used to be my way of dealing with life's issues.

I had come face to face with the reality, that there was no power in my own strength, and that I needed God's power, and his strength, within me. I realized it was okay to be angry, to cry, fear, doubt, question, and to wrestle, Job reassures us the importance of being honest with God.

The Lord will not turn away from us when we get overwhelmed by our emotions, in fact he understands our feelings. He desires to be by our side even through the darkest parts of our life. It is during these times when we are real, honest, and open with him, that he can begin to bring us the hope and healing that we need.

Something to ponder... Can God trust you with whatever comes your way? Whatever the circumstances may be? Good or bad? When everything is going smoothly trust is easy, the test of trust always comes when life stops making sense, Job never gave up on God even when he couldn't understand all that he was going through.

Encouragement From My Heart Devotions. Lorie A. Yocum 2008-2009

Father, I do praise and thank you for entrusting me with blessings of hardships, as well as blessing of good. For there are lessons to behold, and treasured, in both circumstances, the most important being that no matter the outcome, all glory will be yours, and yours alone.

Encouragement From My Heart Devotions. Lorie A. Yocum 2008-2009

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