Trusting despite the unknowns

Trusting in God is a call that many of us are always called to do in our walks with the Lord! Its something we as children of God will eventually have to go through. Its also an experience which will bring out the best & worst in us. It brings out the worst in us cause it may lead us into a state of argument with God. It may also bring out the best in us cause we all know that God is right and always does everything that would be the best for us. But at the end of the day, we know that for us to move forward, we are surely called to trust in God's plan for us!

But is it easier to trust in God when we know what situation we are getting ourselves into? In many ways, I think this becomes so difficult for people who haven't really made that step to trust in God. But I think for those who have constantly made steps to place their life in God's hands, it would be a little bit easier as we have had the experience of reaping the benefits of trusting in God's plan for us in our lives.

But what happens when God invites you to trust him even when you are not even sure of what would or could happen? That's an invitation of trusting despite having so many unknowns in your mind & heart! Would we still trust in God with the same faith God has blest us with, being so aware of the many unknowns that accompany us? I think this would lead us into serious contemplation whether trusting in God is the right way to go! I sure that those who have walked the journey, would have surely encountered such experience with our precious Lord Jesus! But if you reflect a bit deeper on the word of God, we are affirmed by the many stories of how God called his servants to trust despite the awareness of the numerous unknowns.

I'd obviously start with the famous Abraham who was called to trust in God when God called him to sacrifice his first-born and only Son, Isaac. If we look at it, it would the most ridiculous thing to do. Just imagine, Abraham & his wife had been waiting for years & years to be bear a child and when God had finally blest them with a Son, God asked Abraham to kill their only Son. I'm sure Abraham was so confused about why God wanted this of him. But nevertheless, Abraham trusted in God but as we know the story, God stopped Abraham just before he was about to sacrifice his Son. And that was God test for Abraham.

And the next experience would be Jesus called out to Simon Peter from the boat to walk on water with him. This defies all logic, but nevertheless, Peter trusted in Jesus' call to him. But as we also know, he started to realise that he was defying human limitations and soon started to freak out and soon started to sink. But Jesus still saved him when he lacked faith!

From this, we can be convinced that even our lack of faith & trust in God's plan for us, we know that Jesus will be holding our hands as we make that leap of faith to trust in God even if there are huge amounts of doubts and unknowns in our minds & hearts.

The question is: Will you walk into the deep with God and trust him wholeheartedly even if it makes no logical sense at all?

Have a little faith! Make that leap of Faith!

Praise God! God Bless!