I realize it can
sound like a cop out to say, “Trust God.”
But I don’t use the phrase to suggest we should quit trying or quit
thinking about solutions to problems.
However, there are things we can do and things we can’t do. There are things we can control and a whole
bunch of things we can’t control.
As I was watching
the news this morning there were two key stories receiving a lot of
attention. One story had to do with
ISIS, which affects many people under the broad category of terrorism activity. The other story had to do with the Ebola
virus, which seems to have the potential to affect more people than might have
otherwise been reported. As you know, it is already classified as an epidemic
in West Africa.
Both of these front
page news stories are a good example of issues over which most of us have very
little control. And there are many other
issues of life we do not control, as well.
I’m not writing this
to make us feel hopeless or scared and I am definitely not trying to make us
feel like victims. I do not like the
tendency of our culture to encourage a victim mentality. I’m just pointing out basic
realities of life.
So, for me this
statement is not a cop out. It has to do
with a fundamental truth of my existence: I choose to trust God.
“Never will I leave
you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with
confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere
mortals do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5&6
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