I observe in my life that I act on my own and set God aside when I don't trust Him. I wouldn't exactly verbalize that so I guess this is more effective:
I wouldn't take matters into my own hands if I really, truly trust God.
I wouldn't be easily upset if my sister doesn't give her fair share of the house payments had I trusted that God is the One who provides.
I wouldn't "borrow" my tithes to pay for an immediate bill had I trusted that God again provides.
Had I known that my lola and tita would be saved a few years from now, would be deeply transformed and would bear fruits of the Spirit, if I had known this I would be totally patient with them as they attack my father today.
But of course it's not for me to know that.
But if i really truly trusted that God works things out for the good of those who love Him, I wouldn't be sucked into the family's feud.
Reading through John Piper's blog, I had a rather interesting picture of what happens when I take matters into my hands because of distrust.
I am like the person who's faced with a dilemma.
My "brain trust" team consists of only two persons.
God and the enemy.
Both present their cases on how to solve my problem. And underestimating and distrusting God looks like something like this to me: in the face of this committee I am literally throwing at God's face that I don't trust His counsel right now nor His ideas or His wisdom so I'm gonna go with the enemy's idea, which usually sounds less painful
Just a thought. Or a realization.
I wouldn't take matters into my own hands if I really, truly trust God.
I wouldn't be easily upset if my sister doesn't give her fair share of the house payments had I trusted that God is the One who provides.
I wouldn't "borrow" my tithes to pay for an immediate bill had I trusted that God again provides.
Had I known that my lola and tita would be saved a few years from now, would be deeply transformed and would bear fruits of the Spirit, if I had known this I would be totally patient with them as they attack my father today.
But of course it's not for me to know that.
But if i really truly trusted that God works things out for the good of those who love Him, I wouldn't be sucked into the family's feud.
Reading through John Piper's blog, I had a rather interesting picture of what happens when I take matters into my hands because of distrust.
I am like the person who's faced with a dilemma.
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My "brain trust" team consists of only two persons.
God and the enemy.
Both present their cases on how to solve my problem. And underestimating and distrusting God looks like something like this to me: in the face of this committee I am literally throwing at God's face that I don't trust His counsel right now nor His ideas or His wisdom so I'm gonna go with the enemy's idea, which usually sounds less painful
Just a thought. Or a realization.
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