The slogan on our currency is "In God We Trust." Soon there will be a movie coming out about those funny looking pyramids on the bills and how it turns out to be a treasure map. Some company is spending millions of dollars to explore the (incorrect) meanings of these symbols. (And the movie doesn't even look any good.) What about "In God We Trust"? Why not explore the depth and meaning of that?
The truth is, we often don't trust God. It's easy to say we do, but in reality we don't. Let me speak for myself at least. It really hit me a few days ago that I had gotten to a point that I wasn't trusting God with everything in my life. It seems that if things are generally running smoothly I can trust God with my life, but when problem after problem piles up I tend to rely on myself more and more. Of course, the more I rely on myself the worse things will get. Can I trust God with my car problems, a lawsuit, school problems, future plans, debt, ministry, and all those other little things? In reality they're all little things.
The question for me is can I trust God's Word? Can I trust that He's forgiven me when He said He has? Or will I let memories of failures and friends departed haunt my soul into doubt and frustration? The only remedy is saving grace. Given in mercy and poured out abundantly. Trouble and discontent arrive when we are too focused on ourselves. Peace, trust, and understanding grow in the sea of God's promises. The more we live God-centered lives the more we will bask in His oceanic grace- truly joyful and fully trusting.