i've been thinking this morning about what it means to trust God. i am the type of person who likes to make things happen... i'm a doer. so when i approach situations in my life, my tendency is to want to be in control so i can make happen what needs to happen. so when it comes to the notion of "trusting God" i struggle a bit. not in whether or not i can trust God... i have seen numerous occasions where He has proven Himself more than faithful and trustworthy. i know i can trust Him. i think the struggle for me is more in the practice of actually trusting... waiting on Him... not feeling like i have to have all the answers, have everything figured out or fix everything that's wrong. 

it's one thing to know in my mind that He will take care of me and everything will be okay, but it seems to me that really trusting is more than just the idea of knowing that things are going to be okay... it seems that trust is more of an action; a willingness to surrender to another.

i think of the old "trust fall" game, where you stand on a chair or something with your back facing someone and close your eyes and just fall backward, completely trusting that the other person is going to catch you. it's the act of surrendering... giving up the control of a safe landing to someone else.

i know in my mind that i can trust God and i feel in my heart that i want to trust God, but with my actions, do i live a life of trusting God?

God, teach me to trust you in all I do!

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