Tempered Trust

Trust is tempered and purified in the fiery challenges of life. Are you cracking in resistance or being strengthened?

November’s Awakening, Day 29

I needed to trust Him in order to allow Him to truly order my steps and lead me through the process to the promise and purpose that He had established for my life.

 —Chrystal Armstrong, “God’s Divine Design for Dating and Marriage”

Our story will entail challenges to trust God in ways we never imagined we could, or would, and we’ll one day realize that this was all temporary? This story, our life doesn’t define us in eternity, but it prepares us for it.

 —Cherie Hill, “empty. (Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry)”

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore. Psalm 125:1–2 NIV

            Trust is a continual process of knowing with assurance, learning from life experiences, and relying on His infinite power and compassion for us. The challenges of life are precisely the stimuli required to initiate and propel this trust growth process. As difficult as it may be, we must embrace the process rather than resist it. As each life challenge presents itself, we should be looking for the lessons God wants us to learn and know with assurance that He is working it all out for our ultimate good. If we face the obstacle again, it should be much easier to overcome, and for each new obstacle we now have the assurance and experience to know that we can overcome that too.