I Trust in God

Can we all raise our hands and acknowledge the world feels tense right now? I’ll raise both hands. 🙌🏽 

For me, when I’m anxious or stressed I feel the tension in my shoulders and neck. If I’m really nervous I can feel the discomfort in my mouth because my jaw line is tighten and I grind my teeth. It’s interesting to me that your whole body responds to your internal and external environment. 

Because I’m aware of this, when there’s things I can’t control I must release them and place my trust in God. For me trusting in God is not denying the reality or even thinking my situation is going to change it immediately (although it can because he is big G – God) – it’s actually the opposite. I acknowledge the reality of the situation, talk to God about and then release the burden of carrying it to him because it’s too large for me to carry. 

I ask myself can I do anything to change this situation? 

Usually, the answer is while I can’t change the immediate situation, I can change my response and my attitude. Therefore, I change my heart posture to trust in God. 

I mentioned earlier that I release the burden to him. Yall, I know this may sound silly, but every time I release something to God I stretch my hands in front of me, palms up and open my fingers as a sign of release and close my fingers and then open them as if I’m handing something to Him. I’ll repeat this as many times as I can until I feel the release in my body too. Therefore, I’m trusting the unknown future to a known God.

My two questions to you are: 

1. What are you carrying this week? 
2. How can you release it and trust in God?

If you can’t change the situation, change your heart posture! I trust in God. 

Scriptures: 

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIV 

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.  1 Peter 5:7 NLT 

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

In case you are still here, bonus content! I’ve listened to both of these songs in my devotional time are throughout the day and they helped me!