On Trusting God

"You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock".  Isaiah 26:8

This verse has been on my heart and mind quite a bit lately.  "You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you" Absolute peace is only found in the Lord. I have spent many of the last few years praying for clarity, praying for direction, praying for wisdom.  These are all good things, but what the Lord is really teaching me is that I need to trust him.  There is beauty in simple trust.  My 20's have been full of highs and lows.  I could spend my time constantly wondering what the Lord is up too, why did he lead me down this path, what does he have next for me. But day after day as anxiety slips in my heart I continue to hear Him say to me, "Bethany just trust me. YOU need to trust me"  There is intimacy in his voice telling me what he wants for me.  And so each day as anxiety continues to creep in, as I often feel afraid I am asking the Lord to help me trust Him, to help me see him as the everlasting rock who will never forsake me. 

The typed out passage that my mom gave me in a frame when I left for my first summer beach project still hangs on my bathroom door.  "I will lead Bethany along ways she does not know, along unfamiliar paths I will guide her. I will turn darkness before her into light, and make the rough places smooth. These are things I will do and I will not forsake her." (Isaiah 42:16) That passage has always been a life verse for me and will continue to be so.  I want to continue to learn what it really means to trust the Lord.  As I enter this new decade I want to be a woman who fears the Lord in quiet trust.  

I do not know what the Lord has before me. I do not know what will be the story of this new decade, but what I can know is that the Lord holds the future.  I can choose to trust him or I can choose to not.  BUT I know a life with him is much better than trying to figure it out on my own.  So I am walking in darkness asking the Lord that I would experience his pefect peace as I take one day a time, trusting in Him and living my life for Him.  

I posted this article on my blog this weekend.  I would recommend reading it if you have not already.  It's a really great article on trusting God with your future.