The Path I Walk: Trust

Trust was the topic of the day at VPM. We looked at the way Mary trusted God when He chose her to be part of the means of bringing Jesus into this world to redeem mankind. Mary was a teenager at the time, a virgin, and engaged to Joseph. In Bible times, a woman who is found with child before marriage could be stoned to death. At the very least, she was shamed and shunned and ostracised by society. Joseph would have had the right, according to the laws and customs of the day, to be freed from his obligation to Mary. He could have walked away. As you read the scripture, a story unfolds of two people who are committed to living out God's will for their lives. They desire to please God. Even in the midst of very perplexing circumstances-this virgin birth-even with people's sneering and skepticism, Mary and Joseph chose to believe that God knew what He was doing and that He loved them. It was an unexpected turn, to be sure, but Mary and Joseph put their trust in God. A man shared his testimony during service about how he had a stroke which left him paralyzed on his left side and how, even though he has had to make adjustments in his life, he has learned to trust God in all things because he knows that God loves him and He knows what He's doing~He knows the road. God is in the driver's seat. He will not steer us wrong. We all experience things that call for trust in God. A job can be lost, disease can cause pain, families can become fragmented and estranged, marriages can fail, you could lose your possessions due to fire or some other tragedy or accident, you can lose your best friend, any number of circumstances could occur. Everyone has unexpected obstacles of one sort or another that pop up out of nowhere and catch us off-gurad. If we know for a fact that God loves us and that He knows what He's doing, trust is a natural respose to whatever curve balls we're thrown in life. Trust can move us from anxiety to adoration when we remember that God loves us and He knows what He's doing!