Do We Really Trust God

“What you ‘talking ‘bout Willis?” I used to love hearing Gary Coleman in his character as Arnold Drummond on the sitcom “Different Strokes” say that when his brother Wills would say something that seemed outlandish and made no sense to him at all.

Have you ever felt like saying that to someone who requested something of you beyond your means or reasonable ability? Have you ever felt like saying that to God? Or like someone once said after hearing God tell them to do something, “is there anyone else up there?”

There are a few godly men throughout history that probably felt like saying that.

Think of Noah: It had never in all of history rained. God told him to build an ark, because it was going to rain. Noah’s response: “Noah did everything just as God commanded him. (Genesis 6:22)

Think of Moses: God said, “Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water (Exodus 14:16) Moses response: “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea.” (Exodus 14:21)

Think about Joshua: God told him to march around a fortified city, blow trumpets and shout, and that when they did they’d have victory. Joshua’s response, he obeyed God. (Joshua 6:1-27)

Each of these men had faith, not in their circumstances, but in the God over the circumstance. Not in their ability but in his ability.

Faith enables us to reach above what we see and sets us on the field with God’s perspective. However, faith without works and faith without obedience is no faith at all.

“Faith and obedience are bound up in the same bundle.

He that obeys God, trusts God; and he that trusts God,

Obeys God,” Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Father asks us to serve Him today and each day, moment by moment, choice by choice with our “everythingness”!

Today, this new day, may we worship Him by proclaiming that He’s worthy, by doing as Mary, the mother of Jesus said to the servants at the wedding at Cana, “Do whatever He tells you!” (John 2:5)

“You just think about Noah toting’ his umbrella when there wasn’t

a cloud in the sky. All his neighbors would laugh at his pet giraffe

And they would snicker as he passed by.

But the Lord said, “Hey Noah, be cool, just keep building’ that boat;

It’s just a matter of time ‘til they see who’d gonna float.

You just keep doin’ your best and pray that it’s blessed,

Hey Noah, I’ll take care of the rest.” (Keith Green)

Trusting Him with you because He’s worthy, MJ