"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own
understanding, acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will direct
your paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

This was one of the first verses I learned as a new Christian many
years ago. Little did I realize how much I would need it during my
stand for my marriage, little did I know I would even be standing for
my marriage back then. After all we were happily married and I did not
see what was on the road ahead. But God did and I am sure that is one
of the reasons He gave me this verse very early in my walk with Him.

I have learned that trusting Him with all of my heart goes beyond my
understanding. When everything seems so bleak and the enemy is coming
in like a flood and nothing seems to be going the way we expect,
trusting in the Lord can become difficult. But God, who is faithful
even when we are not, continually leads me to a more trusting
relationship with Him. I wish I could tell you how many times I wanted
to scream and cry and yet in my heart there was a song. I use to say,
"Lord how can you be singing at a time like this, I certainly did not
understand it, but I knew I always have the choice to walk after the
Spirit or the flesh. My flesh wanted to feel sorry for myself, my
flesh wanted to scream how unfair things were but My Spirit, the
Spirit the Lord has given me, wanted to sing. I realized that in the
midst of our storms, God is not moved. He will continue to rejoice
over us with gladness and with singing, He will quiet our minds with
His love and He will teach us how to trust Him.

In this world we live in today, we are the outcasts because we are
trusting Him for something that is beyond our families comprehension,
our friends and sometimes even our own minds, but that does not take
away from His Word and who HE IS through all of this.

Friends, maybe you feel like you can't go another day, maybe you feel
like your world is caving in, maybe you even feel like you are in a
million pieces since your spouse left but trust me, when You are in
Christ Jesus, there is no storm, no enemy, no weapon that will be
victorious because there is only One who holds that title, His name
is Jesus. In Him, we have all that we have need of and this road He
is taking us down, the trials we are walking through draw us into a
deeper trusting relationship with Him. As we experience rejection and
suffering we learn more about what Jesus experienced and as we do that
we realize just how big His sacrifice was and that it was not in vain.
He did it because He loves you and me, He did it because He loves our
spouses, He did it because He loves our families. And what He has done
in the past has made the future a clear path for us. There is nothing
too hard for God. He will give you wisdom, He will give you grace, He
will give you truth and each time our trust level grows even more.

I thank God for His faithfulness. I never thought I could be loved
like this by anyone, never mind the Creator of the world, but He does
love us and He does want to bless us. So hold on, trust Him with all
of your heart, for in Him your heart is safe. He is truly the healer
of broken hearts and lives.

God bless,
Pat (A stander in central Florida)
Rejoice Marriage Ministries
Post Office Box 10548
Pompano Beach, Florida 33061
http://rejoiceministries.org
http://stopdivorce.org

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Still catching up on the posts since I was on vacation. I read this devotion and thought I would share. Thinking of you all! Not much time to post tonight. I will talk to you soon.

Love you all!!

Thanks for the post KrisM--read it last night and I'm hoping it works for me to put all my turst in him.

Hey Kris,

I pray all is well with you & hope to hear from you soon!

Just wanted to add this little piece about trust...

Okay, let's be honest: Mmy gifts are not particularly technical or
mechanical, and I'll be the first to admit that. So when something is wrong
with our car, I do the smart thing. I head for Dave's Auto Repair. See,
he's worked on our car for years. He does a good job, and since I have been
"Joe Used Car" most of my life, there's usually a fair amount of work to
do. I come chugging in, and I tell Dave the symptoms of what seems to be
wrong with the car. I tell him about the noise and the starting problem, or
the loss of power, and then Dave talks back to me. He tells me what he
thinks it might be, what he thinks it might cost, and how long it might
take to fix it. So what do I do? Do I say, "Well, thank you, Dave," and
then chug out in my ailing car? No, I'd leave it there!

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Telling
isn't Trusting."

Our word from the Word of God comes from Luke 7, beginning at verse 2. "A
certain Centurion servant was there, whom his master valued highly. The
servant was sick and about to die. The Centurion heard of Jesus, and he
sent some elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him to come and heal his
servant. When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with Him." At this
point they are telling Jesus about the problem, just like I tell the
mechanic about my car's problem. In this case, it's a very valued servant.
Jesus responds, and the Centurion sends a message back and says, "I did not
even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my
servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with
soldiers under me. I tell this one 'Go,' and he goes; that one 'come,' and
he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it. When Jesus heard
this, He was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He
said, 'I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.' Then
the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant
well."

Look at those words, "such great faith." Jesus is always talking to His
own disciples about their little faith. He said, "This unlikely man, a
Gentile, has such great faith." Why? Well, he didn't just tell Jesus about
the problem, he trusted Him with it. That's why he got the miracle he
needed.

It doesn't do any good if I just tell my mechanic about the problem my car
has. I have to leave it in his hands, and then drive away in another car. I
do leave it there. I trust him. Maybe you're looking at a problem or a need
that really could use the touch of God right now. You say, "Well, I've
prayed about it a lot." Yeah, you've prayed about it, but have you left it
with Him? You told Him, but have you trusted Him? Notice, the Centurion
says, "Just say the word and it will be done." He recognizes the total
authority of Jesus over the situation, and he acts as if it's totally in
Jesus' hands. That's great faith. Is that how you are when you pray about
someone or something? "Lord, if you say come, it will come. If you say go,
it will go. If you say do this, it will be done." When Jesus has the
problem, you don't have it any more.

When you tell Jesus about it, you walk in all bent over with the load, and
then you walk out of the throne room still bent over. When you really trust
Jesus with it, you walk in bent over, but you walk out standing tall. Why?
Because you left your load in Jesus hands. Relax in His total authority
over this. Exercise the faith that brings down the supernatural. "Such
great faith." The old song says, "I must tell Jesus all of my troubles."
Upgrade that to, "I must trust Jesus." Drive it to Jesus, and then, leave
it with Him.