Trust Without Understanding

We come across things in our faith walk that go against our worldly programming…one of these is trust without understanding. While there may be a few things we do in our normal lives without knowing the reason, most of the time we want to know “why” before we give our trust. We then make our decision based on if it makes sense to us before proceeding. In faith however, God often times gives us the “what” without the why. He simply wants us to be obedient…to trust Him. We hear a Pastor preach, a teacher teach or read something in scripture and understand what it is the Holy Spirit is calling us to do. One of the big reasons our delay or procrastination comes is because we want God to give us the “why” before we proceed. Delayed obedience is disobedience.

Abraham received an explanation during his obedience. Peter traveled to a Gentile’s house, a Roman Soldier’s home, without fully understanding why. He went because God told him to. Both of these men received understanding later…though there is no guarantee we will so quickly…or even at all. It is impossible to please God without faith and faith is all about trust…..trust when we don’t have the answers…..trust when it may not make sense. We will never reach the place in our relationship with God that He desires until our trust is not limited to understanding. (Thoughts From the Trail)