Trust Him in all Circumstances

We all have those days; the days that make us feel alone, the days that make us wonder why, the days that make us feel like the sky is falling down on top of us. These days make us feel like we are separated, solitary in our struggles, like we have no help. Some of us are facing family deaths, divorce, health complications, and other problems that seem to wreck our lives. We get so caught up in searching for security in the world that we forget God’s promises. We forget that God promises to “walk through the fire with us, so that we are not burned” (Isaiah 43:2). The vastness of God’s love gives us the freedom to trust Him with our lives and know that He will work in our favor. 1 Peter 5:7 says, “Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”


When life is hard, one of the most difficult things to do is to let go of the wheel. We as humans always want to feel like we have things under control, even to the smallest degree. But when life seems to have hit rock bottom, its the last thing that we should do. We have trouble understanding why things in this life don’t always go our way, especially when we want to experience “control”. In Isaiah 55, God declares this, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” God’s ways are so incomprehensible and profound that we will never truly be able to grasp the “why” in this life. However, we can trust that God’s plan is the right plan, even if, from our earthly perspective, it seems wrong. 

Stories of perseverance are found throughout the Bible. Job, being a prime example, suffered through physical pain, the loss of his whole family, personal doubt, and the loss of all of his possessions. Other characters include David, Moses and Jesus. We can refer back to the Garden of Gethsemane and the events that followed. As the disciples were waiting in Gethsemane, Jesus prayed for God to remove the cup (the world’s sin) from Him, Jesus prayed that not His will, but God’s will, would be done. Roman soldiers approached and Judas appeared, ultimately betraying Jesus. Out of the chaos of the soldiers arresting Jesus, the disciples ran away, terrified. They were terrified for their own lives, that the possibility that the prophecies had fallen short, that their King would ultimately die. Jesus was quickly taken through trials both between Pontius Pilate and Herod Agrippa, the king of Israel. He was sentenced to 39 lashes, 39 lashes because they believed that 40 would kill a man on the spot. He was taken to Golgotha to be crucified, the death sentence. He was nailed to the cross, He was spit on by sinners, He bore God’s wrath so that we could be saved. He submitted to God, He wanted what God wanted. He gave up control in the darkest part of His human life. Yet, God used this tragic death for the greatest event in history. Jesus rose from the dead, and now we are promised the same resurrection as His children.

Jesus never lost faith in God, He never acted for His own desires, but carried out God’s plan. This is just another way we need to follow Jesus’ example. The strife we face in this life sometimes seems so monumental that we struggle overcoming it. This includes the big and small problems: stress, homework, family deaths, and all other issues with which we come into contact. We are promised in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.” Notice that it doesn't say that it will be easy, but by putting our trust in the ever-loving, all-forgiving, omnipotent God, the struggle will be worth it; the sometimes uncomfortable road of trust in an unknown leads us right into His arms. And those arms, the same ones that were nailed to the cross, are forever outstretched to us so that we can be brought into a relationship with God. Trust in God during all trials. He is there. He is walking with you. He wants you to trust Him.

(My friend Morgan and I wrote this, thanks Morgan!)