Trust the Lord

 God is calling me to trust God in his leading in my life to a Children's Ministry position.  He is calling me to trust in his plans for me, Jeremiah 29:11 and trust that he is good in my life.   Also, he is calling me to trust him with all of my heart and to not lean on my own understanding but acknowledge him, Proverbs 3:5-6.  When we trust God more and more therefore our faith grows and multiplies.  In the D-focus Discipleship Focus program, Will Wyatt talks about how our faith grows like a thimble as we learn to trust God.  

Jeremiah tells the Israelites that God has a plan for their life in the midst of exile.  This was a reminder of God's greater purposes for the Israelites.    God was still working in their life even during a period of exile.   God has been reminding me that he is still working in my life in a period of waiting for a Children's Ministry position.   Even in the midst of rejection of a ministry position, that God is still good in my life.  

Also, God is calling me to trust him with all my heart and lean on him.   Proverbs 3:5-6 says to "trust in Lord with all of your heart and do lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowled.ge him and he will make your paths straight."   Jesus has been showing me I need to keep leaning on him for direction in my life and seek his wisdom in all things.    I need to acknowledge, the Lordship of Christ in my life.   He is Lord over all things, and he is sovereign despite frustration with rejection of Children's Ministry positions.   

How can you trust God today?  God is convicting me to keep trusting him and his leading in my life.   I have to keep relying on Jesus' leading and acknowledge that he is leading me.   I can love Jesus more with how I trust him.   How are you trusting in God today?  

God's faithfulness from this past year

 The Discipleship Pastor asked the question on Tuesday night about what characteristic of God that we have seen from this past year.   God revealed to me in the past three or four days that God's faithfulness is what he has shown me.  He has been faithful in bringing me through some frustrating situations and being worn out at my current job lately.    I have been super tired lately and recently it has not been too fun.  For a while I had a few friends there and now there is not that many people at Home Depot that I would call friends.  

First, God has shown me he is faithful in giving me the strength. when I faced rejection in regard to Children's Ministry positions not working out in this past year.   Last April, I had an in-person interview at a bigger Arlington church for a Children's Ministry position.   I thought the interview went well, I had good eye contact, answered the questions well, and asked the interviewers good questions.  There has been other positions that I thought were a good fit, but they ended up being a closed door.  God has lifted me up out of disappointment in seeking a Children's Ministry position.   He has still used me at First Irving to teach the Bible and disciple children despite my calling not being fulfilled yet.  

Second, God has shown me he is faithful in providing me with a godly relationship, with my girlfriend Amanda Love.   I went through a series of rejections from different women before I met my current girlfriend.   Our love story is amazing how God brought us together at a meet up for the Heart of Dating Texas group.   Heart of Dating is a singles ministry that Kait Warman started that was initially a podcast.    Now, we have been dating for five months and we are seeking God's will in engagement/marriage.   The interesting thing is we are both seeking God's leading on God's wisdom in career stuff.  

We can trust God in faith by remembering what he has done in the past.   Jesus is matured my faith in the past, I need to keep trusting he will provide for him in the future.  David saw God's faith in helping him as he tended to the sheep, so he asked God for strength to defeat Goliath.   Hebrews 11:6 says, "without faith it is impossible to please God." How can we keep trusting God in faith?