The Trust Fall
But in the day that I’m afraid, I lay all my fears before you and trust in you with all my heart.
-Psalm 56:3 (TPT)
-Psalm 56:3 (TPT)
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A lot of youth camps include a trust fall in their activities. Students gather around a platform and take turns, blindly falling into the arms of the students below. It is an object lesson on trusting others.
How then, do we increase our level of trust in God? This is a really important question, and one which gives us a glimpse into His heart. God wants us to believe in him, far more than simply acknowledging his existence. God wants us to believe in his goodness. He wants us to trust him in every situation, and there is only one way to develop that kind of trust. We have to live in and through some pretty gnarly crap. Our natural desire is to alleviate and escape from all pain and suffering. Well, maybe it would help to hear a different perspective.
How then, do we increase our level of trust in God? This is a really important question, and one which gives us a glimpse into His heart. God wants us to believe in him, far more than simply acknowledging his existence. God wants us to believe in his goodness. He wants us to trust him in every situation, and there is only one way to develop that kind of trust. We have to live in and through some pretty gnarly crap. Our natural desire is to alleviate and escape from all pain and suffering. Well, maybe it would help to hear a different perspective.
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I am in pain to see you suffer so long. What gives me some ease, and sweetens the feeling I have of your griefs, is that they are proofs of GOD’s love towards you: see them in that view, and you will bear them more easily. Have courage then, ask of GOD, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear them resolutely. Such prayers, indeed, are a little hard to nature, but most acceptable to GOD, and sweet to those that love Him. Love sweetens pains; and when one loves GOD, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
-Brother Lawrence
-Brother Lawrence
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Trust grows when it is tested. We must learn to embrace circumstances that require more of us. An easier path only leads to self-reliance and diminishes our confidence in God. Son, take heart, live courageously, and know, God will catch you when you fall.
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Brother Lawrence. The Practice of the Presence of God & The Spiritual Maxims. Benton Press, 2017.
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