10 Feet of Trust

Yesterday I had a conversation with Dawn about trust and specifically trusting God. I compared trust to a ten feet rope. My trust is 10 feet long. When I begin to surrender something I give God 9'11" but hold on to an inch for myself. Then something happens and I take a few more inches at a time. Before I know it I am holding the vast majority of the rope, leaving God with an inch or two.

We then talked about how to fully surrender and what I would say if I was still preaching to my congregation on the topic. I said that it starts with the decision do you trust yourself or God more? Who do you want to trust more? If I determine that I trust myself more than I trust the creator of the universe, I am then faced with the question: Can I save myself too? The simple answer is no. I am completely reliant on the grace of God through Jesus Christ for my salvation.

I don't know how to leave the rope at the foot of the cross. I don't know how it all works or all the implications of it.

I will leave this post with words that were sent to me this morning by Dawn. I don't believe in coincidences. Therefore, I don't think it was any accident that this was her devotion from this morning after the conversation from last night.

"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 20:7 Think about it, we board a plane, get served hot meals, and surf the internet all while cruising at an altitude of 30,000 feet traveling at a speed of 600 miles per hour. Most of us, nonchalantly put our faith in the airplane and crew that we will have a safe landing. Against all those obstacles, why do we find it harder to entrust our lives to God?"