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WHEN YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND TRUST

AUGUST 21st - CAPSULE 21

TOPIC: WHEN YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND TRUST

BIBLE TEXT: Deuteronomy 29 vs. 29 – The secret things belong unto the Lord our God.


Listen to this letter I read from a missionary couple who lost their child: “Our younger son, aged 14, came down with a very severe strain of meningitis. My wife prayed for his healing, but we lost him. Our hearts are broken. We cannot understand why God would send or allow us such a sorrow and burden to carry. Can you help us?”

One thing is sure, God is too good to do wrong, and too wise to make mistake. When we have to know all details we are walking by sight, but when we can trust Him in the dark we are walking by faith.
“Without faith, it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11 vs. 6). Note that it doesn’t say, “Without understanding”. When we walk by faith we don’t necessarily gain understanding, but rather acceptance. 

Confidence in God is His highest purpose for our lives. When we can trust and accept without questions, we move into a dimension of greater peace and intimacy with Him. Someone is probably watching you as you walk through this storm to see how your faith works, and if your relationship with God will sustain you. It will!


Prayer: Father, help me to put my trust and my faith in your word no matter the matter in Jesus name.

Insight: Those days of questioning and grieving will be over, will pass; eventually you will say like Job, “When I am tried, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23 vs. 10).

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