Trust, Trust, Trust

There is an old story about a man who fell off a cliff but managed to grab an outcrop on the way down. As he’s hanging there, he looks up and yells, “Is anyone up there?”

A voice booms down, “I’m here. I am the Lord. Do you believe in me?”

“Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can’t hang on much longer.”

“You’ll be ok. You have nothing to worry about. I will save you. Just let go of the outcrop.”

A moment of pause, then, “Hey! Is there anyone else up there?”

Somewhere along the journey of life most of us realize there is far more to this life than we can comprehend, huge stretches of the unknown. We don’t know what tomorrow holds. We don’t even know what the next minute holds.

Somewhere along the journey of life most of us realize that no matter how much we try to control or manipulate or impose our own will, ultimately so much is completely out of our hands. And at some point, most of us sense that if there is a way forward – then we have to trust something or Someone larger than ourselves.

Psalm 61 prays, “Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.”

Let us pray: O God, we want to trust you. We know that we can’t make it alone for very long. We need you. So we ask you today, to help us to trust that our lives are in your hands. Give us hearts that are in tune with your direction, your guidance, your leading. Help us trust and in trusting follow. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ – our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.