*Chill Out!

*"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing..., because I am going to the Father." ~ **John 14:12
*Do not sweat the small stuff! Put your mind on what is important! What does it mean to trust? Webster says: "Basic dependence on someone or something, a belief that something will happen or someone will act in a prescribed way."Trust is the key to successful living!

*Yet, if I were to ask, most would say they trust in God! Sometimes, that is not all that easy. Trusting God means believing in something we cannot see and often do not understand. You see, we find it easier to trust in things we can see and touch. The Bible teaches the things we can see are only temporary. Our church buildings, the pews on which we sit, pulpits, are all temporary. The churches Apostle Paul built are all gone. No matter what we do to slow down the process, cars, houses, and our bodies all get old and start falling apart. *

We look in the mirror and see our aging-bodies, and realize they are temporary, too! All the things you can see and touch are only here for a little while, and they are gone. Nevertheless, the things you cannot see last forever! God wants us to put our trust in Him. Moses trusted God to deliver the Israelites at the Red Sea. Joseph trusted God in Pharaoh's prison. David trusted God for a victory when he went against Goliath. Jonah trusted God to answer his prayer in the belly of the big fish. Noah trusted God when he was told to build an ark in the middle of the desert. *

Trusting God goes against our nature! It means we must admit we are not in control of our lives. Moreover, we so want to be in control! That is typical of all of us. We want to see what lies ahead, and be in control of it all. We want to know how everything is going to turn out -- before it gets here. We are never happy just following. However, just as the sheep follow their shepherd, we have to trust our Shepherd to lead us as "The Way, the Truth, and the Life." The enemy will try everything to keep us living in mediocrity. He knows that once we start moving forward, God will be able to lead us in His perfect will.*