Father Knows Best

Without faith, it is impossible to please God.

I was listening to Joseph Prince today, and he reminded the congregation of this Scripture.

And it made me think.

Pleasing God.....

Hmmm.....

But doesn't He just....LOVE ME??

I thought on that for a bit and this is what I came up with.

When you are close to someone, like your husband, your mom, your sister, your best friend, you expect them to trust you when you share something important, to understand your point of view, to believe that your heart & intentions are honorable, etc.

But when your words, heart, or motives are misunderstood or mistrusted, you feel hurt.

So trust is like faith, right?

We please God when we have faith because we are saying, "I trust you. I trust your plans for me. I trust this journey that you have me on. I trust that you are in this with me for the long haul."

So when doubt creeps its ugly head in, we find ourselves rejecting the very one who gave up everything, literally everything, for us.

This past year, trusting in God has been HARD-er for me. I am a "why" girl and those whys have only become more and more incessant.

~Why are all these earthquakes happening, including the one in Haiti?

~Why did my parents have to go through that after all of their commitment to the Lord all these years?

~Why has this physical unknown in my body become a reality that I must face?

~Why have Arno & I struggled to get pregnant?

~Why are we in this hiatus period from full time ministry?

Why? Why? Why?

I don't have the answers for all of the above questions, but this verse and these thoughts reminded me again of how faith and trust in Him and HIM ALONE are the ONLY way to go.

And I get it. He is pleased when I put my hope and trust in Him because it means that I am surrendering MY will, MY way, MY agenda to Him.

And Father really does know best.....

....at least THE Father. *wink*