Sixty Days: Day Nine

Today's Reading:

• Exodus 11-17
• Psalm 33-36
• Isaiah 33-36
• Matthew 15-16
• 1 Corinthians 6-8

Reading Time:  58 minutes

It is a rare Sunday that I find enough time to just sit and read for an hour.  Today was that day!

And I should not be surprised that the Lord spoke to me from his word about trust.  Again.  Do you think He's trying to tell me something?  I have trusted the Lord for a very long time.  Even when I didn't understand.  Even when I couldn't see where I was going.  Even when I didn't know how it was all going to turn out.  Even when it looked like God might have made a mistake (He hadn't).  I thought I had learned to the trust the Lord.

These last few weeks have been a great test of that trust.  And now having come through a couple of things, and seeing that the Lord has remained faithful even when my trust wavered (for zero point six eight seconds), I feel like He is rebuilding trust within me on a greater scale for greater things.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Oh, the joys of those who trust in Him!

Let the Lord's people show Him reverence,

for those who honor him

will have all they need.

Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,

but those who trust in the Lord

will never lack any good thing.

Psalm 34:8-10, NLT

 

So now is the time for self-examination.  I have trusted Him.  I have been reminded again of just how good God is.  Now, does my life match up with what my mouth says I believe.  Have I honored my Lord completely in everything that I do?

 

Have I honored Him with my thoughts?

 

Have I honored Him with my belief?

 

Have I honored Him with my behavior?

 

Have I honored Him with my words?

 

Have I honored Him when no one else is watching?

 

Have I honored Him in my home?

 

Have I honored Him before my wife and sons?

 

Have I honored Him in my ministry?

 

Have I honored Him with everything that I am, everything that I have, everything that I do, and everything that I dream?

 

Aye, there's the rub.

 

Sometimes in being who we are, in doing what we do, we don't completely honor Him.  And yet He remains faithful.  In His infinite grace and mercy and wisdom and love He forgives my failures, convicts me of my faults, directs me toward the future He has prepared for me.  He doesn't give up on me, He refuses to let me go.  And He who began this good work in me will be faithful to complete it.  Pray to God that I cooperate!

 

Teach me Lord to trust.  And to honor You in all I do.