I've been doing a lot of thinking lately on where to start to get to a true relationship, and I've decided to analyze a relationship first. When I look at all the couples around me, whether they've been dating 3 weeks or married 20 years there's one key quality that sticks out. That quality is trust!
Without trust there is no relationship. It's the most important building block, and with God it's no different. I'm to put everything into His hands!!! One verse in particular comes to mind when I think of this and its Proverbs 3:5. God wants us to trust him with our whole heart. That's what I would do with a boyfriend right? If I "love" him then I trust Him with everything I have. Why should Christ be different? He died for us! What more could someone do to show their love and devotion? The Bible says there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for another!! I mean that's Shakespeare worthy right there!!
What really got me today as I sat during my quiet time was that I have a hard time trusting Him for petty reasons like that I can't see him, but God sees me even when I wish He couldn't yet He trusts me to tell others about Him! He trusts a sinner, a really nasty filthy sinner, to help others make the most important decisions in their entire lives!! Who am I to even be given the chance to trust Him?
That's the crazy thing about Christ is He loves us so much He gave us options!! We can believe Him or reject Him, yet He will always be there waiting for us to come back. Always trusting and hoping we'll love Him as he loves us. Now I realize I don't know everything, but that seems like a pretty trustworthy guy. Any guy or girl who gets beaten up, mistreated, and misused but still comes back hoping you'll change your mind and love him or her as much as they love you....is worth keeping! Now I am NOT saying you should beat them up, mistreat them, and misuse them then if they comes back decide you'll keep 'em....that's stupid and ridiculous although for what its worth it would make a funny cartoon.
That's the kicker though....in our earthly relationships we don't want to hurt them or break their trust because we don't want to see them broken, but at least with me I'm not always that way with Christ. Instead of doing my best to please Him and love Him, I sometimes take advantage of the idea that He will always come back. How terrible is that? I can trust a guy on this earth that even with the greatest of intentions will at one time or another probably do something wrong, yet I can't put everything in the hands of an Almighty God who has told me that He will never leave nor forsake me? I don't know everything, but I know that that's messed up.
Now, I've realized that I'm a screw up, but that doesn't do much in the way of fixing it. This leads me to the next part.....how to fix it. I can honestly say I don't have this completely figured out because it doesn't make sense and I'm not sure it ever will, but God says if we go to Him tell Him we've messed up and then put our lives in His hands...He will not only forgive us but use us to do amazing things for Him!!! Now you do the math or the science or whatever kind of logic you would like and explain to me how that ever makes sense? My sin puts Him on that cross, my sin pushes Him away, and my sin keeps Him away, but if I confess my sin to Him, He gives my life a purpose....AMAZING.
I could keep going on this for days, but I think trust is an element we have to research and think on by ourselves. Finding that trust in Christ won't be a simple 3 step program for each of us. Sometimes there's a lot of work to get to a point where we can trust people because of the things we've been through. It won't be easy, but I promise it will be worth it. If we give Him our everything, then we are one step closer to an amazing relationship we never knew we could have.
Now put that in your mind and think on it!!
Until next time,
Lex
