Trusting God In The Middle Of Your Mess

What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter (John 13:7).

All is not revealed in the beginning. There are moments when there seems to be no clear indication of what is taking place in your life. You are searching for some cohesive or distinct pattern that might be indicative of what God is doing in your situation. Through your limited perspicacity you strive to make sense of it all, but you falter underneath its weight. There is a reason that God commanded that we don't lean on our own understanding (Prov. 3:5, 6). His thought and ways are higher than ours (Isa. 55:8, 9).

It is not for us to figure out or rationalize God's movement in our lives; we are to simply trust Him. We too often attempt to orchestrate the the dynamics at work in our lives instead of trusting God and allowing His plan to unfold through the conduit of our faith. We press when we should pray. We strive when we should stand still. We worry when we should simply wait.

I'm am sure that Joseph had some questions as he struggled through his plight, being beaten and thrown in a pit by his brother; not to mention being enslaved and imprisoned. None of this resembled the vision that God had given Him, but Joseph had been taught by his father Jacob to trust God above all else.

God was maturing Jacob through his trouble. He was preparing him through his struggles. He was building character through the testings. Joseph could not understand. Honestly, he could not fathom what was about to take place in his life. When this all started he was a brash little teenage kid with a dream, but God was about to bust a move in his life that would set the course of history. By simply trusting God, Joseph was elevated.

I am sure that there were many cold nights out there in the wilderness as David kept his father's sheep. There had to be moments when David wondered how in the world do you get anointed to be king and then sent back out to watch the sheep. David didn't fully understand it, but God was training him to shepherd a different kind of sheep. God sent lions and bears to prepare David to face the giant opportunity that was soon to come. David didn't completely understand, but he trusted God anyway. Because of his faith, David become the greatest human king to live; even the humanity of Christ descended from Him.

Dr. Rick Wallace 

It is not for you to fully understand God's movement; full revelation does not require faith. God places us in situations in which the outcome seems uncertain, so that we are forced to exercise our faith. Faith is best seen in the darkness of uncertainty. Faith becomes expressively distinctive when pragmatic and empirical evidence is no longer present. Faith stands tall when men declare things impossible for you. Faith acknowledges your negative circumstances and then totally disagrees with them.

Yes, you are going through a difficult time, but God is working in the undercurrents of your struggle. He is about to do a "new thing" in your life (Isa. 43:19). He is about to shake up the world around you. You are being positioned for the spectacular. Just trust Him! ~ Dr. Rick Wallace