Trust God More With This Simple Spiritual Practice
Belief is cheap, but trust involves action
Our sphere of control is comically small: this is what we all learned in the early months of the pandemic. As we bumped up into our new reality — not knowing how long quarantine would last, being unable to make plans for the future, feeling the stress of uncertainty every day — we faced our own extreme limitations.
During those months, I learned to trust God in a way I hadn’t before. For the first time in my life, there was no other choice but to trust God because I had control over nothing. Some have had to learn to trust God in other hard situations: unwanted diagnoses, sudden job loss, and family members battling addiction.
Trusting God when I don’t have to
It seems to me that trusting God is easier in the midst of life’s catastrophes when we recognize that we have zero control. We turn to God because we have no other choice. But what about the myriad of ways in which we do have a choice? What about all the ways we are able to exercise our agency, make decisions, and take control… do we trust God then?
I’m reminded of the oft-quoted verse in Proverbs:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In…
