in myself I trust....

I have been wrestling with some issues lately regarding my trust in God. It's when certain circumstances come along it seems that it causes me worry more and doubt God's control. The danger in this is that when we (or I) begin to worry, we then want to put things in our own hands. We want to do something that makes things better or more clear. But that is where the struggle lies. When we put things into our own hands we step away from trusting in God and move into trusting in ourselves.
I was reading today in Matthew 10, while still wrestling with this issue, and I read this.

"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from you Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows." Matthew 10:28-31

Why should we try to take things into my own hands when the God of this universe tells us that not even one sparrow will fall to the ground apart from the Father. One sparrow! They are hardly worth a thing. Yet the very hairs on our head are numbered. Jesus tells us that we are far more valuable then sparrows. But why do we fear or worry about what lies ahead? Why can we not trust the Creator of this universe to be in control of what we are going through? We serve a big God. A God who cares for us enough to send His Son down to die on a cross for our sins. A God that gives us His Spirit so that we can have a helper in this world. A God that lives inside each one of us and walks with us through the toughest of times and through the most joyous of times. God knows exactly what we are going through and the last thing that we need to do is try to put things into our own hands. Rather we should fall on our knees before the Father and ask Him for wisdom and guidance in how to walk through these circumstances.

I pray that when we are tempted to put things into our own hands, that we would remember the value of two sparrows and realize that God is in full control.


trusting in Him