Day 30:: Trusting

Soundtrack: "Help Me Believe" by Nichole Nordeman

I'm actually surprised by how easily Saul is convinced by David in this old, familiar story. I mean, he was right about Goliath and David probably looked like a joke volunteering to fight him. Yet, Saul responded to David's faith and confidence with faith of his own. We always think of David as the hero here but Saul also had to put his nation into a little boy's hands. Talk about trusting God and others! I am not sure I would have reacted with the faith and trust Saul did, and God's ministry through David would have been hindered. Instead, I might have responded with worry, concern, or anxiety. God not only wants us to trust His heart but also His work in the lives of other people.

I experience small anxieties on a regular basis...I am kind of a worrier. I need to learn to STOP when my heart grows anxious, identify the source of the anxiety, picture that source as a wave in the ocean (as Solo suggested) and then picture Jesus walking on that wave. I like this idea, because you don't have to wish or imagine the source of the anxiety away (because the circumstances may not disappear or improve), but you can stop to remember that Christ has the power to rise above those things, and I need to remember He can carry me through.

Carry me, Jesus.