Where's Your Trust?

We are a spirit. We live in a body and we possess a soul. The mind of the spirit, or the embodiment of the spirit lies within the heart.

You may have heard people say ‘something does or doesn’t feel right, or my gut is telling me to do something’. That is the mind of the spirit trying to guide you. It is the Holy Spirit within you.

 

We read in Proverbs 3:5 trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

We get into trouble when we do not follow the mind of the spirit but instead rely on our own understanding. It’s when we try to rationalize or try to figure out how God is going to do something that we get into trouble. But think about it, are we really trying to figure out how God is going to do something or are we trying to figure out how we are going to do it?

I am an eternal optimist, I look for the good in everything and everybody. I am also a dreamer. I believe God gives me the greatest ideas and He is going to bring them to pass, or do I? I say I believe that He will bring them to pass, but what happens when I am put to the test? Most of the time I trust Him, but there have been times when I have leaned to my own understanding.

Sometimes it’s the thoughts that go through our mind that cause doubt and unbelief and sometimes it’s the thoughts and opinions of others. Have you ever been excited about something you believe God is going to do, or that He has told you to do? Naturally because you are excited, you share your thoughts with someone that you think will be just as excited as you are, only to find not only does that person not share your enthusiasm, but they may even try to stop you.

They may say things like, are you sure that was God, you know so in so tried that and they lost all their money. You have been out of school for how long and you want to go back, for what? I thought you already had a good job. You can try it for fun and if you make money that’s great.

Then there are the nosy people asking how much do you have to invest. Do you have that kind of money? They may even go as far as saying if it was really God it would be easy. Seriously? Who do you know, or where have you read in the bible of someone walking right into their destiny or doing what God has predestined, and I do mean predestined because His plan for your life was made before you were thought about, but when has anyone reached their destiny without encountering some kind of trial or tribulation? Should the entire journey be that way? I don’t think so because God has called us to peace and when He left earth He sent His Holy Spirit to comfort us, but there will be trials.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God delivers us from them all. Someone I know mentioned she is planning an event.  In explaining her vision she mentioned she was looking for a speaker. I immediately volunteered to be her speaker. Well, don’t you know as soon as the conversation ended fear try to attack. Many people are afraid of public speaking but I know the plan for my life requires me to speak publicly. So what am I afraid of? God hasn’t given me a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind. Well the sound mind, or the mind of the spirit was temporarily taking a back seat to the fear. I was leaning unto my own understanding instead of trusting in God and His anointing to speak.

Are you trusting in God or leaning to your own understanding? Are you trying to do things your way or allowing God to do things His way?

If you are trying to work things out on your own I encourage you to trust in God. You will find His ways are better than your ways and His results will far outweigh anything you could do on your own.