Trusting and Believing: Devotions From Time of GraceSample

Why Is It so Hard to Trust God?
Blindness

It’s hard to trust in God for the future if you think that your present life is a dry, parched desert. The evil one works very hard on your head to convince you that you have nothing, that you are doomed to a life of disappointment and frustration. He massages your wounded ego to seduce you into thinking that you’ve been cheated in life, that nothing is working for you nor ever will.

That’s not reality, though; it’s just ignorance. Or worse--blindness to the wonderful things that God has been doing for his believers. St. Paul wrote to some Christians who were being tempted to think they had nothing: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world” (Ephesians 1:3,4).

As you put Jesus’ gospel glasses on, as you see yourself as loved and forgiven, you can start noticing the good things that have been there all along: faithful friends, dear family members, skills and gifts, daily bread, flowers and sunsets, and a faithful Savior whose promise of everlasting life cannot be taken away from you.