by Phyllis Ducey
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Trust: (noun)

• firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith;
  
• reliance the person or thing trusted
  
• confident expectation, anticipation, or hope: to have trust in the future

Above is the dictionary definition for the word trust. When my son was in Boy Scouts they put it quite simply by giving the example of turning on a light switch. You did not doubt the light would turn on, you expected it to and you had confidence as you flipped it up. My faith I think is very much the same as that childlike faith towards a light switch. I turn to God and I expect He is there. Even in my most stressful times, I don't doubt my God is always there for me.

My biggest problem is the everyday. The Sunday Scripture post (4/10/11) by Melanie (Beads-N-Style) stated the same thing just in a different way. (I hope to carry the thought a little further in this post.) There are days that work gets so stressful, I want to just numb my mind by playing a computer game. I realize it is a time waster but do it anyway. I don't want to think at that time nor talk. (I talk more than enough at work.) I want to "veg out".

I don't believe there is anything inherently wrong in that as long as it is in moderation. (When it becomes all consuming I think then there is a problem.) Most of us have some type of time waster (for some it is TV) we engage in that has no real constructive value nor does it glorify the Lord. The problem I have with it is that it blocks my thoughts from dwelling on the blessings God has given me and/or it blocks my trusting in Him to relax my mind.

My question to myself is: if I have total trust that God handles the big things in life why would I not have it for Him to take care of the little things? I honestly feel that most of the time I do trust BUT also I find myself wanting to be in control and force outcomes to be the way I think they should be. Even in prayer I may give God my account of how I think the outcome should be. For example I may pray "God please let them get that house they want" as opposed to praying "Lord, please direct them to the house of Your choice and give them discernment to know it when they see it."
When I start trying to take control, I am leaning on my own understanding. But God tells me not to do that. He tells me to trust with all my heart. What God has been laying on my heart lately is to totally lean on Him for each part of my day. That is why I need to be so careful about how much time I spend on my mind numbing, time wasting activity because whenever my mind is not engaged, it is then not engaged on my Lord. When my mind is not engaged on my Lord, it is not trusting and I begin to take control. When I take control, I decide the direction I want to go. When I decide the direction I want to go, I am wandering aimlessly because I do not know what is behind the next bend.
When I trust in the Lord, submit to His ways, allow Him to direct my path... I know I am safe because He knows what is behind every bend in the road.


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