There's this huge mountain in front of me. I stand in front of a raging sea. And the thing is, the Lord is calling me to climb up the mountain and to walk right into the raging waters. To go the other direction would be the wrong way and there are no ways around them. To get where God desires me to be, I have to make the climb and I have to step into the waters. And the task is daunting. Scary. Nerve wracking. Every fiber of my being screams to run the other direction. And yet God is calling me to go that way. The way that seems perilous and full of danger. And yet it's all about trust. Do I trust Him enough to get me through the stormy waters and to help me climb to the top of that steep mountain? Sometimes I think I have this trust thing down pat, and then the Lord throws these situations my way and I am forced to rethink everything I believe.
A new song by Lauren Daigle recently came out and I absolutely love it. It has become sort of my heart cry, as I face the mountains and the raging seas of this life. The chorus says: "When You don't move the mountains, I needed You to move. When You don't part the waters, I wish I could walk through. When You don't give the answers, as I cry out to You. I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You."
Sometimes He doesn't move the mountains that we think need to be moved and He doesn't part the waters for us, because He is calling us to climb that mountain and to step out onto the waters. He is beckoning to us, drawing us ever closer to Him, and asking us if we trust Him enough to get us through. The Lord has been with me every single step of my life. Every joy. Every heartache. Through the laughter and the pain, He has been there. He has always gotten me through every tough circumstance and so why should this one be any different? Why should I not trust Him? He has never failed me before and He certainly won't start now. I find myself, like the father of the boy who had a dumb spirit in Mark 9, uttering "Lord I believe, help my unbelief!" (verse 24).
May I learn to trust Him more and more each passing day, no matter what mountain He calls me to climb or the stormy waters He calls me to walk through. Sometimes He may move these things out of my way, but sometimes He will call me to simply trust in Him as I walk through them. He is sovereign and knows way better than I do what I truly need.
The link for the youtube video for Lauren Daigle's song "I will trust in You" is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXMPNXXnCls
Enjoy :)
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