“Will you trust me in this moment?” This is what God has been speaking to me lately. Maybe many of you are like me and tend to get stuck in the muck from your past, or seem overwhelmed at the narrow path that is stretched out before you, but I believe God has made us for this moment.
Matthew 6:34 says, “So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.” I would like to suggest that we might not even worry about the next hour of our day because the one we are in now has enough worries of its own. Im not saying that we never look to the future or the past, just don't miss this moment.
This life can become drudgery when we become consumed with the what ifs and maybes of the past and the future. What if I don't get married? What if one day I fall away from the faith? What if Im not saved? What if I wouldn't have said what I said to that person? What if I fail as a pastor? What if! What if! What if! Do you see what an utter waste of time this is. Do you know satan wants you consumed in the past in the future because then you will miss what God has for you NOW! You cant change the past, you can shape the future, but it all depends on the now.
I hear God saying to me, “Will you trust me in this moment?” I heard Him yesterday when our squad of 40 some people was rearranged into all new teams. I heard Him the day before when I was able to minster to some men on the road dressed as women, totally confused as to who they were. I heard Him last week while praying for a man in his early twenties dying of a kidney disease from working in the chemical saturated, water deficient working conditions of the sugar cain fields in Nicaragua. I heard Him a few days later when that very young man breathed his last. I hear Him now as we head into a 60 hour travel day to Thailand, leading a completely new group of people. He is saying “Will you trust me in this moment?”
The christian life is a moment by moment dependence upon the promises of Jesus until we arrive home. Don't overcomplicate your life, don't miss the moment. Make the choice to fully trust and believe Jesus in this moment, right now. Will you trust Him? Blessings and love to everyone.
In the back of a pickup on the way to ministry in Nicaragua!
