Believe
the Word of God
It
is so easy to say “I believe God”. However, it can be difficult to do just
that. When times are tight or when the situation is dire, it can be almost
impossible to trust God and not give in to ones fears.
I
had a parent who asked me about her child. I kindly explained to the lady that
I would do all I could for her son. However, instead of trusting me. The lady
decided that she needed to come by every week. She constantly called and
constantly asked other students what was going on in my classroom. This lady
even decided that she needed to complain about me to other teachers. She stated
that she just could not understand what I was doing or why.
I can understand
that this lady was nervous about her child’s success. However, instead of
making me do more for her child, she succeeded in alienating me. I was more
than willing to spend extra time working with her son. But, her antics made me
very angry. Yes, I still helped her child and worked with him. However, I
was so insulted that she didn’t trust me to keep my word. I vowed to myself
that I would not do anything extra for this lady or her child again.
In
my anger with her, I realized that we treat God the same way this lady did me.
We ask God to do something for us, but we don’t really trust him to keep his
word. We don’t really believe God is concerned about our little problem. God
tells us in his word that he is faithful. He states that he is not a man that
he should lie nor the son of man that he should repent. God states that he said
it, and he would bring it to pass. He was faithful to Abraham. He was faithful
to Isaac. He was faithful to the Children of Israel. God is able to do
exceedingly and abundantly above all that we should ask or think. All he asks
is that we have the faith of a grain of a mustard seed.
Sadly,
most of us don’t have that childlike faith. We say we have faith, but do we
really?
Just
like this woman, we say we will trust, but we don’t. We get nervous. We become
afraid as the winds and the water rise. However, we must learn to trust in the
Lord. We must learn to lean not to our own understanding. Instead, we must
believe God.
Numbers
23:19
Isaiah
40:8
Proverbs
3: 5-6
Matthew
17: 20
