Trust and Obey
There's a hymn in my childhood hymnal that has always stuck with me. And although I'm not crazy about the melody, the lyrics are priceless (emphasis mine):
"When we walk with the Lord, in the light of His love,
what a glory He sheds on our way.
What He says we will do; where He sends we will go.
Never fear, only trust and obey.
Trust and obey,
for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus...
but to trust and obey."
Are you trusting?
- Are you trusting God as He pulls you out of your comfort zone?
- Are you trusting God in the middle of a crisis?
- Are you trusting God while you wait for Him to respond to a prayer request?
Are you obeying?
- Are you obeying God even though He's disciplining you because of some wrong behavior on your part?
- Are you obeying God when He asks you to have more self-control in a certain area of your life?
- Are you obeying God even when it feels like He's far away?
As the lyrics say, "Never fear, only trust and obey...because there's no other way to be happy in Jesus."