"How Can I Not Trust God?"

For many years I carried in my heart the question, "How can I trust God?"  I had a list in my mind of so many hurtful experiences in my past.  The longings in my heart to be loved and accepted never seemed to be satisfied.  I always had a sense of being less than what I should be.  The more I seemed to climb out of my pit, the deeper I seemed to go down.  So much of my life was out of control and those things I could control, I would simply fail.  "How can I trust God?" when nothing seems right?"

                                                                 Ephesians 1:17-19

Paul prayed, "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints."

Today I still carry in my heart a question, "How can I not trust God?"  I have a list in my mind of so many hurtful experiences in my past that He has brought me through.  The longings in my heart to be loved and accepted have fully been met in the wisdom and revelations of God's love for me.  I am growing in my understanding of the hope of His calling upon my life.  I now can see the hand of God reaching down for me to pull me up when I fall down.  The eyes of my understanding have been enlightened and I now can see the riches of His glory passed on to me through Christ Jesus.  "How can I not trust God?"

                                                                       Morning Prayer
Dear God,
   I pray that each of our hearts would carry the question, "How can I not trust God?"  May each day the eyes of our hearts be enlightened, as we grow in wisdom, revelation and knowledge of You.  Amen ~