Trust Him To Be Who He Is

Trust

There is a famous clip of DMX, talking about trust. He explains that to be around all kinds of people, you need only to trust them to be who they are. Trust a snake to be a snake, trust someone solid to be solid. It always stuck with me because it perfectly encapsulated my view on human interactions. I didn’t need to trust everyone that I associated with to be good to me, I simply needed to trust them to be who I knew them to be. No hard feelings just analysis. This allowed me to be myself, treat people with kindness, and be friendly without getting wrapped up in hard feelings or unrealized expectations.

But what about God? How do we approach our trust in God?

It’s Different

I don’t know why it’s different with God, but when it comes to trusting Him, I want to micromanage. I want God to do things my way. Despite knowing that He has provided for me in so many ways in my life, I still feel the need to check in to see if He’s doing it, and/or doing it my way. Intellectually, I know that’s crazy. I can look at any situation and say to myself, “Hey – you know He’s taken care of you in the past. Relax! God’s got this!” But, with the very next thought I might begin questioning whether God’s going to help me out this time. Or, I might be looking at specific things that have happened in the past and expecting more of the same – as if God’s a one-trick pony.

But, Why?

But, why is it so hard for me to trust God to be who He is? Why do I question whether He’s got my back this time? Why don’t I fall back on what I do know? And, how does what I know about God change my outlook? Rather, how should it change my outlook!? This idea smacked me in the face one Sunday when the speaker began talking about expecting God to do things the way we expect. Instead, we should be trusting the fact that God will provide – not trusting the method by which He provides.

Ugh! Here I was looking for the familiar and being disappointed when God wasn’t providing the way He had in the past. I should have been trusting God to be who He is!  Trusting that God makes a way when there seems to be no way. His nature never changes and my life and soul are safe in His care. It is well with my soul.

When peace like a river attendeth my way,

when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot,

thou hast taught me to say,

even so, it is well, it is well with my soul.