Finding Rest for My SoulSample

Choosing to Trust  

The question is “Do we really trust God to be God?” and “Is He a good God?”. Choosing to trust Him and His sovereignty over others or even myself, can offer me a freedom that comes only on the other side of surrender. Do we really want to carry the weight of the world or the weight of our decisions upon our shoulders? I often wrestle with the thought: Do I really want my will, my way? Or His will, His way? That seems like an easy choice. It is almost impossible for this world to deliver you any peace at all with all the news, the disappointments, and the brokenness. Since I believe in the “trash in, trash out mentality”, it is imperative to spend my time meditating on the goodness and faithfulness of God versus all the problems in my life. When our identity is anchored in Who He is, we can find a stability beyond what our feelings dictate or allow. When we keep our minds on Him and His promises, we can live from a greater trust which ushers in a greater peace and rest.

Will I trust that God is good? That He sees and knows things that I cannot know? Will I lean not on my own understanding of things? Will I trust Him when things are good and when things are hard? When people disappoint, betray or reject me? When my heart gets broken or shattered? Will I trust Him with my loved ones and release control over other’s behavior? Since God is good at being God, it all comes down to trust. If He is good and God is good to me, then it behooves me to choose a quiet resolve and confident trust even when I lack understanding. I simply don’t have His eternal perspective. Daily choosing this quiet resolve ushers in a rest and peace that could only come from letting go unto Him. 

Living from a position of rest is an important component in your spiritual walk with the Lord as it allows our mind, body, and soul to renew. The control freak inside each of us demands a self-importance that is contrary to God’s perfect will. Ultimately this undercover yoke of self-importance will exhaust the best of us. He wants to carry our burdens and give us rest. It is time to raise the white flag of surrender and give Him our exhausted broken lives in exchange for a gentle, humble and yielded heart, available to be used for His greater purposes. We must eliminate our self-serving heart of importance. Living from a place of control versus a place of rest is an undeniable daily choice. We live our best results when we are not living from our own strength and power but from the power given through the Spirit of the Lord living through us. Deciding to give Him the weight of our heavy burdens, frees us to live life from a place of rest.

Ponder:

Does the control freak in me want to run my own show or am I willing to live His will, His way? For His greater glory?

Prayer:

O Lord, thank You for being willing to carry my burdens and relieve my exhausting yoke of control.