Always Trust Christ our Lord

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

The last advice my dad gave me came two (2) days after he received a diagnosis of lung cancer. His mental confusion, due to other factors, prohibited meaningful enduring conversation. I remained awake most of the night in his room, I arrived after a speaking engagement in a neighboring city 50 miles to the southeast. The following morning dad ate breakfast, and then requested we pray, “That God may bless everyone we know”; this includes tens of thousands of people. A few minutes later, he looked me in the eye, as he had many times over the years; saying, “Always Trust God, Always Remember that, Always Trust God!” He continued looking me in the eye as I fought back tears; responding, “I will Dad, I will”.

As Christians, we each believe we will join our Lord in heaven at the end of our earthly journey. This reward is bigger than imagined; conversely, those ignoring God's call will endure torture greater than imagined. We trust God in grabbing our souls at our physical death; bringing them to Him.

We continue to trust in Salvation and Eternal life in Heaven with our Father, Savior, and Comforter even though we wait all of our lives to see the proof. For some this wait ends in the womb, at birth, or 16 years; while others, the wait endures for 80, 93, or perhaps exceeding 100 years. Often faith increases with the wait, with age. If fact, most elderly are thankful for their long journey on earth, their long waiting period to enter heaven greeted by Christ's open arms. As we wait for the fruition of our burden of fleshly living, we avoid doubting and giving up on entering Heaven.

Conversely, how many of us (my hand is raised) give up on much lesser gifts of God (compared to being in Heaven with Him) while living in our human flesh? We impatiently wait a day, week, month, year, perhaps a decade or more for prayer requests. The same Jesus who died for us, also promised to give us whatever we ask for in His name. We believe the greater reward while doubting the lesser, although still great to us humans. We doubt because we wait.

What does it mean to ask in Jesus name? This is a blank check, IF we ask with a heart free of grudges, free of doubt, free of selfishness, free of all that God opposes. To ask in Jesus name is to ask with our Hearts Saturated with the Holy Spirit, Saturated with Christ's forgiveness, mercy, and love; asking with a heart of repentance. Frequently I hear people tell the Lord they deserve a reward. If we deserved Heavenly gifts, Christ died and resurrected for nothing. God gives to us freely out of mercy and love, as opposed to our deservedness.

Trust the Lord with your soul, both on earth and in Heaven. Continue to Trust the Lord with your finances, friendships, family, relationships, health care (Jesus is the Great Physician), business, career, and all other concerns.

Twenty-two (22) days later dad breathed his last breath; trusting the Lord with all of his heart, leaning not on his own understanding. I will too, how ‘bout you?

Make it a Great Day in Christ!
Rick
www.rickemeyer.com