“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in
him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” –Job 13:15
There is no faith more remarkable than that of a child’s. They put complete trust in their
parents. They do not worry (nor should
they) whether food will be on the table, or if the bills are paid; they have
their faith in trust in their guardians.
In the good times and the bad, they trust….adults, not so much.
The older you get, the more you learn, and the less you
understand. The scripture tells us that
the cares of this world can choke the Word.
This covers a lot of ground. In
Samson’s case, the cares could mean the things that you care for, the things
you put ahead of God. Your selfish wants
and desires. These lead you out of the
will of God and choke his divine instruction from your life. The cares also, could be (and I am sure not
limited to), legitimate responsibilities and basic necessities that you must
provide for yourself and household; food, clothing, shelter, etc. The cares are those you care for in this
life. Your family, friends, sons and
daughters. Those you love and those that
are put in your care. Not limited to,
but certainly, it is anything and everything that is natural and can be taken
away. Job lost everything, and he had
everything in this life. God proved him,
and Job’s faith and trust in God carried him thorough the darkest of days. In this Job left an example for us, the
silver bullet to fretting, worrying, and cares; trust. Incomprehensible, unnatural, radical trust in
Almighty God. When things are not what
they should be, trust. When the world is
not where you think it ought to be, trust.
When you are afflicted, tormented, and rejected; we must put our faith
and trust in God saying as Job “though he
slay me, yet will I trust in him.”
Total resignation to the will of God and absolute abandonment of your
own will, this is not a natural trust, but it is vital. This is the path of the Christian, and the
antithesis to the binding cares that would creep in and darken your soul.
Trusting in God is easy to say, but not always so easy to
do. It comes natural to children, but in
adulthood, for most, it does not. It is
not for me to say that it is a learned behavior but certainly it is something
we can work on. The Bible says “he will keep in perfect peace whose mind is
stayed on thee.” It also says, “casting all your care on him for he careth
for you.” When you are forgiven God
wipes away all past sin. Then you must
give your all to God trusting in him for the first time and he will then send
his Spirit and sanctify you. You are
then in perfect peace, and this relationship of trust begins. To maintain that, we must keep our mind on
him and “rework” our thinking to cast our cares instead of hoard them. Whatever comes up in life, take it to the
Lord in prayer and give it to him. When
you do, he will take care of you and it will increase your faith. This is not a one-time occurrence but a daily
exercise. In this we trust God and learn to trust God. We come as children, and continue with
childlike faith. This is the sanctified
life, a life of faith and trust, and it brings with it glorious liberty.
