God’s
plans for my life are always bigger and better than I anticipate or could ever
hope were possible. However, despite God’s provision, I am still often tempted
to see a limit to God’s generosity: I’m convinced that God’s blessings will
only reach so far or for so long before I find myself back on my own again.
The
Israelites’ behaviour on their journey through the wilderness reminds me of my
failings to trust God and lean on His promises at all times and in all seasons.
The Israelites were ready to trust God with their destination, but they started
doubting His methods along the way.
Trusting
God is a hard thing to do. So often we trust Him with the big things - to get
us to our intended destination - but somehow it is all too easy to believe that
He might then abandon us, as though His promises were well-intentioned, but He
could never follow through to take care of every detail. How often do I find
myself in need of God’s direction, see His generous provision in my life, but
then quickly revert back to relying on my own strength instead of continuing to
trust Him?
When
we look at the challenges and struggles we face from a human-centred
perspective, we will be tempted to grumble that the situation is hopeless and
that this is all we should ever have expected: we were simply asking too much
of God. But aren’t we in fact asking and expecting too little of God? This
Lent, let’s stop testing Him with our human-centred problem-solving, and trust
that He is the God who keeps all His promises and is faithful to the end.
Laura Bispham
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