TRUSTING GOD, NO MATTER WHAT!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.
Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn your back on evil. Then you will gain renewed health and vitality.
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything your land produces. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with the finest wine.
 
Proverbs 3:5-10
 
No matter how tragic the circumstance or difficult the situation, the wisdom writer implores us to “Trust in the LORD…”  When something happens like the incident reviewed in today’s devo (electrocution during a baptismal service), our response is to question. What is God up to with this?
 
Dr. James Dobson, renowned Christian family counselor, authored the book “Holding on to your faith even … WHEN GOD DOESN’T MAKE SENSE”. In the book, Dr. Dobson encourages the believer to avoid “the betrayal barrier,” the sense that God is abandoning them amidst the storms of life. At the end of the first chapter he says, “Of this you can be certain: Jehovah, King of kings and Lord of lords, is not pacing the corridors of heaven in confusion over the problems in your life! He hung the worlds in space. He can handle the burdens that weighed you down, and he cares about you deeply. For a point of beginning He says, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).”
 
Faith is trusting God, no matter what!