Trust Factor
Sometimes God speaks and we forget. I had that happen to me the other day. I was wondering if I could trust God. I don’t know if you ever feel that way but sometimes I do. I get down the road on something and get really busy doing it and then I start looking around and wonder if God has my back. Intellectually, I know He does, or at least I say I do, but emotionally I wonder sometimes. So I was thinking about that and what it means to trust Him when I remembered something I learned long ago. When you struggle to hear God’s voice, go back and remember the last thing He told you clearly and then act on it. What I was told clearly was in Ezekiel 36:23-28.
For some of us this is a really obscure passage, but for me it was a life-changing one. It’s the passage that I felt God speaking into my life asking me to go start a church in Nashville. It speaks about God moving and living in us to show His Glory to all the nations. As I read it I realized what I needed to do all along. I needed to trust God’s plan for my life. I needed to remember His goodness to me and enjoy the peace that it brings. And finally, I needed to have courage to pull off what God Has asked me to do.
Maybe you are feeling the same way. You might be working through a trust issue. If you are then just look back at what God has asked you to do for Him and then pray about it. Go back and make sure you did it right. Then have courage because if God called you to do something He will walk with you along the way!
About the Author
Mike Harder is a normal guy who has been blessed with the opportunity to serve God with his life. He grew up as a missionary kid in Bogota, Colombia, and got his Master of Divinity from Mid-America Seminary in Memphis. Currently he is starting a new church in Nashville, Tennessee, called Green Hills Church that is targeting young adults in their 20s and 30s who are non-religious and far from God. He has authored two studies from LifeWay: In Transit: What Do You Do with Your Wait? and Jaded: Rediscovering Hope in Reality. He is passionate about serving God, great music (Snow Patrol anyone?), wakeboarding, and basketball.
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I think this is so true and I am so thankful for you writing this blog. I am recently struggling with this and have just now realized it. I am actually fixing to try to start a Threads group in my church myself and have been struggling with some of these same types of issues. I got all excited about starting this and then suddenly over these last two days I have been feeling like, “Oh no, I can’t do this. I am too young, embarrassed, scared.” But that is no excuse - God is there for me, backing me. He never left me - I was the one who left Him mentally. I think that I will probably start the Threads group off with the InTransit study because it is so true. Thank You for writing this blog - it really helped me clear up some issues.
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Monday, April 30, 2007, at 4:35pm
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