Humbly Trusting

I love how I can find exactly what I need to hear when I need to hear it in God’s Word. I’ve been struggling with discontentment—again—and I started reading where I had left off in Luke. Luke 1:28-38 was the perfect reminder of what my response should be to the circumstances God has allowed in my life.

First, I need to remember that God has chosen me for this path. God chose Mary to walk the path of being pregnant before marriage, of being the mother of His Son, of one day having to watch this Son be crucified. I tend to think the opposite way: God has chosen HM for me. But it’s both ways: Not only has God chosen HM for me, He has chosen me for HM. He knew I could handle the difficulty and the uncertainty because He would give me the strength and grace to do so, and He knew I would grow through it.

I also need to remember that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). God is omnipotent. That means He has all the power in the universe. He is the one who created the universe. If there is anything God wants to do, He has the power to do it.

If something hasn’t happened, that must mean it’s not good. God hasn’t allowed my HM to be completely taken away because that is not good for me right now. God hasn’t allowed me to be married yet because that is not good for me right now (hard facts to digest at the moment).

So it boils down to this: Do I trust Him? Do I trust that what God has allowed is good and what He has not allowed is not good? Well. I’m working on it.

Mary humbly submitted to something she knew would not be easy. I know my life is not easy now and it probably never will be. I need to humbly submit to God’s plan. He knows what is good and only allows what is good. My response should be to humbly trust in His plan.

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