I'll Trust You Lord

Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
O LORD Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.
(Psalm 84:10-12, NIV)

What a beautiful passage. I know that some of you may even sing the song based on this passage on occasion. The question is, do you really believe that? Does your life reflect that? I know that for me personally, if we were to review my life for just the past week that there would be many things on the tape suggesting that I prefer to "dwell in the tents of the wicked." Clearly none of us has a "walk [that] is blameless," but that certainly doesn't mean that we won't receive "good thing[s]" from God. So what's the catch? We can't receive what God has for us if we are not willing to submit to him. In fact, sometimes submission requires that we give up the very things we hold dear, things that WE thought were what God wanted us to have. What does that mean? Well, sometimes God has to shake things up to get our attention.

Remember Abraham? God promised that he would make him the father of many nations, allowing his wife Sarah to give birth to a child long after she thought it was possible. Then, God did the unthinkable, asking Abraham to offer his long awaited son as a sacrifice. A pretty crazy request if you ask me. However, we don't have a God's eye view, and we never will, for his "thoughts are not our thoughts, and our ways are not his ways" (is 55:8). Abraham had to show God where his heart was, and God spared the life of Isaac, although he certainly didn't have to.

God may not be asking you to sacrifice your child, but maybe there are things in your life that it's time to stop trying to control.

What are you holding onto that is keeping God from blessing you? Just let go, and let God.

-AMR