God Needs You to Trust Him

Recently something in my personal life just happened that caused me to feel so many emotions: anger, frustration, bitterness, jealousy, confusion, and sadness. I would be transparent with you all but this testimony does not involve just me..

These emotions I felt were directed at God and others around me. I asked God why was this happening? What did I do wrong? Was I not living for you? Was I not totally surrendering to you?

It's funny how when we start obeying things God told us to do weeks, months, and years ago then we want to get a big head and feel as if we are entitled to a reward. Like we're the stars of the show and everything we do deserves attention and praise. Like God is supposed to give us a treat for doing what we were supposed to do in the first place. Well let me tell you all something The truth is.....you guys ready for it? It's real......


God owes you nothing. Nothing at all.

He doesn't have to reward you for anything that you do. He didn't have to bless you with a wife, kids, a job, a degree, a nice car, etc. And He sure didn't have to die on that cross for our sins.

But He chose to do these things. 

Our assignment as human beings is this: Obey His commandments (John 14:15) We are required to obey God. It is not an option. Not something that can be negotiated it is something that is involuntary.
God needs you to stop making out your plans and trust Him. When we start preparing our plans for our life we are not trusting God with our lives. Without complete surrender there is no trust. How can we say we trust God but not give up our entire lives to Him?

God wants to bless you and He wants to bring you into all the things He has for you but you must take that step out on the water and trust Him. Even if it doesn't look like the plan you intended for your life. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were told they would be thrown into the burning furnace for not worshiping the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar set up there response was this:

 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” (Daniel 3:16-18 NKJV)

When I read these verses I burst out laughing! Firstly, the three told the king off saying that we don't have to obey anything you say. Then they went along to say that their God has the power to save them and WILL save them (a lot of times we just say that God will do something and all we're doing is just talking not trusting).  The last part is the best though. Even if God wouldn't deliver them from the furnance and they knew He wouldn't they would still not worship the false gods of king Nebuchadnezzar.

This whole story is a perfect example of putting our trust in God. If these three teenage boys could do it (yup they were teenagers) why can't you?

Live in Love. Live in Peace. Go in Freedom.

Daniel