Plan A, B, and C

I’m great at trusting God until I have to. Trusting God is easy when

things are going my way, but when I face a challenge or when life isn’t

lining up the way it’s supposed to, I start trying to take matters into

my own hands. I find myself trying to take controlmaking plans a, b, and

ceffectively putting myself in God’s place and saying, I can do it better

than You can.

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Control can become an idol: something we put in the place of God. I often

want control because I’m looking for safety and security, and these are

good desires, but God tells us in His Word that He is the One who

ultimately provides everything we need. If we try to rely on our own

strength, wisdom, etc., we will always let ourselves down.

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God cares deeply about us, and He calls us to trust Him in all things and

at all times. He has proven that He is worthy of our trust by the greatest

act of love: Jesus (who is God the Son) gave up His life for us on the

cross, and then He rose from the dead so that we could be saved from sin

and death. Now, God asks us to put our trust in Jesus. He offers us eternal

safety and security, and He wants us to rely on Him, not just for

salvation, but for everything.

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But putting that amount of trust in Jesus can seem difficult when we can

feel so removed from Jesus’s life here on earth two thousand years ago. Yet

even now, Jesus is present with us through His Spirit, His Word, and His

people (the church). The Bible reminds us that we are blessed and filled

with joy for believing in Jesus, even though we haven’t met Him

face-to-face yet (John 20:29; 1 Peter 1:8). As we put our trust in Jesus to

save us, to give us eternal life, and to lead us, we can also trust that

God will provide what we need for our lives right now, because He cares for

us. Naomi Zylstra

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Are you ever tempted to idolize control or try to take matters into your

own hands? While it’s good to make plans and think through our problems,

ultimately, only God can take care of us. How could it be freeing to rely

on and follow Him instead of trying to do things ourselves?

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When life gets chaotic, how could remembering God’s love for usexpressed

in the good news about Jesusmake it easier for us to trust Him with the

things going on in our lives?

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own

understanding; in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths

straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 (CSB)

Read Verses:

Psalm 28:7; Matthew 6:19-Matthew 6:33; 1 Peter 5:7; Proverbs 3:5-Proverbs 3:6