A little thing called trust..

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight."

Proverbs 3:5-6

How great are these verses?
They are so small, yet hold so much knowledge that we can take and apply to our lives. They're so brief, but they hold such a wonderful promise.

Even for non-Christians, for people all over the world, one of the things we worry the most about is the fact that we don't know.  We don't know what decisions to make sometimes, we don't know where life is headed for us, we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, we don't always know what the outcome of our choices will be, etc. That makes us feel like we don't have complete control (which we don't), and therefore, as beings that were created with free will, we don't like that.  We feel like we have to have all of the answers in order to have things go perfectly according to our standards.

But we don't.

God has all of the answers to everything that we will ever need or want to know. And He might not reveal those answers to us when we want them, but the point is that He knows all. He knows what the right decision is, where our lives are headed, what is going to happen tomorrow, what the consequences of our decisions will be, etc. Sometimes I think that's kind of difficult for us to wrap our heads around--and not because it's a hard or complex idea, but because it is so unbelievably simple that we overthink it.

Not only does He hold all the knowledge and all of the answers, but He wants to help us use that  knowledge and apply it to our lives. And all we have to do is trust Him. That's all He asks--all He ever asks of us. If we ask for His guidance, and simply trust that He will give it, then He will.

Another great thing is that, while this is great to remember in times of a crisis, it's not just for huge and major life decisions. God is the ruler of all things, including our hearts, and He cares about the little things that trouble us. Whether you're worried about passing a test, going to a job interview, a fight you had with your best friend, getting financial aid, whatever it may be, He cares about it. And if you're worried about anything, anything at all, all He asks is that you be willing to put your troubles in His care, that you ask for His help, and He'll give it.

Pretty amazing, as always.