Just Trust

Just recently Scott and I took a weekend road trip.  For the majority of the trip, Scott was driving, and I took on the role of navigator.  This is not my strongest skill. Don’t get me wrong.  I’m great at giving directions.  It’s just that my directions are not always great.  I would put the destination into Google maps and off we would go until I thought I had a better plan than what was on the map.  One time I told Scott to head down the highway for fifty some  miles until we came to Hwy 271.  In my mind I knew our destination is south or left of our current location.  As we approached Hwy 271, it was  a right hand turn or north.  I told Scott to keep going because that couldn’t be the correct turn.  Yes, we got to make a u-turn in about 5 miles and go back to the turn the map told us to take.  The road only went north for a few miles before it headed back south.  Another time, we were on a 4 lane highway with one-way side roads on each site.  I had directions to the hotel pulled up on the map, but it was taking us way past the hotel and entering  in on the back side of the hotel.  As we approached the hotel, I could see it and there was an exit.  I yelled for Scott to exit, he slammed on the breaks and headed for the exit.  What do you know, we couldn’t get to the hotel from that exit without hopping over a couple of curbs and driving though the grass.  My sudden change in plans took us to another highway and almost landed us on a turnpike headed out of town.

After a couple of days of this, Scott coined the phrase, “Just trust Google and tell me what it says.”  Just trust Google?  He was right more than once.  How hard is it to learn this.  It is so similar to the concept – Just trust God’s – how hard is that?  When will I learn?

I find this the hardest when I can’t see immediate results.  I think back to the two years it took us to sell our house and get moved to Edmond, more than once I questioned God’s plan and would try to develop one on my own.   I also struggle when I’m not seeing the results I had in mind.  This was evident when my kids were teenagers.  For example instead of completely trusting God, who loves them more than I do, I would begin to doubt if morning devotions were worth the fight or if having a family scripture of the week was more for me or them.  While I was praying and superficially trusting God, I would often think to myself, “This isn’t working.”  God has a plan for us that is as clear as the blue line on Google maps.  It is up to us to trust Him and follow the plan.

There are so many places to put our trust other than the Lord.  Maybe it is your savings account that you trust for your future finances.  Maybe it is your physical appearance you trust to create your importance.  Psalm 20:7 explains this, “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”  Psalms is full of scripture on trusting the Lord, but the scripture that keeps me grounded is Proverbs 3:5 & 6, “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”  We know that God’s ways are higher than our ways and we just have to trust Him.  He has proven Himself over and over.

Author: Angela Grunewald

Just a mom/wife/educator who loves the Lord and wants to share my thoughts. View all posts by Angela Grunewald