Trust In the Lord

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 

and do not lean on your own understanding. 

In all your ways acknowledge Him, 

and He will make straight your paths."

Proverbs 3:5-6

"Casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you"

1 Peter 5:7

"Do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything,

by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known to God."

Philippians 4:6

These verses are all familiar ones.  They are verses that I have grown up hearing, and ones that I have committed to memory.  The common trend in these verses is giving our burdens to the Lord.  They are each reassuring, reminding us of God's deep love for us.  Recently however, I have begun to see these verses and others like them in a different light.  When we do not lay our burdens at the foot of the cross we are doing more than causing ourselves heartache, we are sinning!  We are, in essence, saying that we do not trust God with our problems and that we do not think Him great enough to fix them for us.  "For the very essence of anxious care reveals the idea that we think we are wiser than God and are putting ourselves in His place to do for Him what He has promised to do for us"(From Charles Spurgeon's Morning by Morning). Surrendering our worries is certainly not a simple act for us, and I wonder why that is.  Personally, when I am concerned about something, I must give it to God continually, each time I think upon it!  I have seen, countless times, that the Lord is faithful, yet I still find it so difficult to not be anxious!  We are quick to forget all the mighty things the Lord has done.  We, as selfish beings, think that we have better solutions to our problems than God does.  If we would just give these worries completely to the Lord, He would work out even the smallest details.  We don't need to fret!  "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock." Isaiah 26:3-4