"Learning To Trust More"

By: Zach Wood

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

 

 

I have struggled with what to write this week for a devotional.  Some weeks, my heart pours out illustrations and I am able to write paragraph after paragraph.  Then there are weeks I struggle to figure out how to start a sentence.  There are times when I do not know what to write because my heart is just trying to figure life out.   In these times, I struggle with writer's block.  I think to myself, "God, what am I going to share?"  Sometimes I find I need to write about something as simple as trying to figure out God and life.  Are any of you in that position right now?  Are you trying to figure out what God is doing in your life?  Maybe things have not gone the way you have thought they would.  Perhaps a job situation did not turn out like you thought it would.  Maybe family plans fell through and you feel all alone.  Perhaps you have just lost your job or have not had one for a while and you are struggling to figure out why.

 

I have been struggling lately with what my future holds.  I wonder what God is doing in my life, where He is leading me and what is next.  I have a beautiful wife, gorgeous daughter, a wonderful family and a terrific church family.  God has blessed me so much, but sometimes, I just feel like there is something missing.  I am so thankful for people around me who care so much to give me loving advice and guidance when I need to hear some encouraging words.  I have figured out that I just have to live each day for God.  I need to strive to be content with life as it is instead of always wishing that I were doing something else.  We cannot live that way.  We must focus on now and see what God is doing around us.  There is nothing wrong with planning for the future and praying for what God will do.  However, living in the future is harmful because it will cause us to miss what God is doing in the present. 

 

I have come to the conclusion that we just cannot figure life out and we cannot figure God out either.  If you are trying, stop!  It is not worth the mental exhaustion.  God always has something so phenomenal waiting for us.  My challenge this week for all of us is that we will trust God more, give our lives to Him completely and be ready for whatever He has in store for our future.