Trusting God

Chris said something interesting to me today:

"You're right, you don't deserve it. But you also have to realize that God thinks you're worth it, and therein lies the answer. Accept that God thinks you're worth it, and accept that He loves you and wants to give it to you."

Matthew 5:3-12 (The Message)

3"You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.

4"You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

5"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

6"You're blessed when you've worked up a good appetite for God. He's food and drink in the best meal you'll ever eat.

7"You're blessed when you care. At the moment of being 'care-full,' you find yourselves cared for.

8"You're blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

9"You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family.

10"You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.

11-12"Not only that—count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens—give a cheer, even!—for though they don't like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.


Looked at these verses a few minutes ago and I wrote this in the margin of my bible:

"Everything is not what it seems. What the world counts for bad, God will use for good and for His glory."

These days I find myself walking out something that far more intense than I've ever felt in my life, but I'm beginning to think that maybe this period is to teach me what it really means to trust Him.

Think about it, if we learn what it really means to trust God and how to trust Him, what can stop us? We will have conquered the world right then and there.