It’s Friday…But Why Is It Scary

Something is holding us back. Perhaps it is a fear that maybe we are wrong about God. Maybe we feel presumptuous. Is it possible, if we have been disappointed in the past, that our misunderstanding is haunting us. We hear a voice in the back of our minds that says, “What if God doesn’t come through. What if He makes it more difficult than I can handle? What if all my hopes are illusions?” So, we become tentative in fully trusting God.

We pray and we hope, but faith remains incomplete and doubts linger. We’ll ask Him to help us, but we withhold judgment until we’ve seen His response.

“Those who know Your Name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek You.” (Psalm 9:10)

The call of Scripture is contrary to our natural inclination. We are called to believe God with reckless abandon – not just believe that He is there and that He is involved with us somehow, though we’re not sure exactly how; but that He is actively, personally seeking our good and answering our prayers.

We are to give up our own strategies and ambitions, to relinquish all “Plan B’s,” to recklessly, irrevocably, cast ourselves completely into His arms. But we’re reluctant and the problem always comes back to us: In spite of His track record, we don’t seem to completely trust Him. Why not?

God called Abraham to leave Haran and go to a place to be revealed later. Jesus invited Peter to step out of the boat and walk on water. That kind of call is scary, though typical in God’s Kingdom. But Why Is It Scary? Where could He lead us that we’d regret? Would He ever lead us into danger but not out of it?

God calls us to a trust that seems “reckless.” It prepares no safety net; it reserves nothing for a spiritually rainy day. It’s the kind of trust that, if broken, leaves no room to save face. But it can’t be broken. That’s not who God is. Try to find someone who has placed their complete trust in Him and has been forsaken. 

So, let’s ask ourselves, “When has The Lord ever been unfaithful to me? And why wouldn’t I trust Him wholeheartedly now?” Those are good questions to ponder if we’ve never been forsaken by Him.

Have a peace-filled weekend. Make it better by worshiping The LORD with those who don’t view Him as a calculated risk to pacify, but a certain reward to proclaim because He’s never given them a reason to doubt that He’ll come through again, and again, and again.

All For Jesus – Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.

“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, The King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see, to Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15b-16)