Trusting in God

This past weekend we attended 3 services to send our core staff out from West Salem Foursquare to plant a church in Dallas, Oregon. To be honest, each service held something different in it and in each service I was touched by different things.

In the first service, which was Saturday evening, my brother-in-law was ordained as a fully licensed foursquare minister. I was so proud of him! I have to say, though, the part that choked me up the most was when my eyes drifted over to my sister, his wife, who was standing next him, and I saw my mom instead. I realized at that moment how much she has taken on my mom's mannerisms over the years. We were so blessed to grow up with the parents that we had and to take on the likeness of my mom is a true blessing in and of itself. I'm so thankful that God brought us here to be a part of such a great beginning.

One of the things that I took with me from those services actually came from Darrin, my brother-in-law, when he did the benediction. He talked about the difference between believing and trusting in God. I never really thought about it before like that. A good majority of the people believe in God, but how many of us truly trust in Him in all aspects of our lives? I recently, over the last several months, have begun to understand the difference between the two. To make the move we made from California to Oregon, we had to put our trust in God and believe that He would make a way for us. We believed and knew that he could, but we chose to trust and know that He would. That's the difference between belief and trust, its the knowing that God will take you through, no matter the circumstances. In Proverbs 3:5-6 it says

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.6 Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.

Tonight as I think about all that God has in store for us and the future He's led us into, I can't help but to wait in anticipation like a child would on Christmas morning!