Trust Me

Trust Me-I would be lying not to admit that this is a difficult time for me.
Especially emotionally. One day, I felt the Lord was saying to me, "Trust
Me". I am clinging to those two words. Why can I trust Jesus?

I can trust Jesus because He is reliable. He does what He says all of the
time. I expect ,though , that we humans often miss it because, most times,
it isn't going to be the way or in the time that we think it should be.
There are some people who can be relied on and those are the ones we put our
trust in, aren't they?

I can trust Jesus because He is good. 100% good 100% of the time. So,
whatever He allows in our lives, we know that He has a good motive and it
will all work out for our best in the long run. I am sure that we all know
people who we would label as "good". In reality, though, I wonder if there
is such a thing as a human who is 100% good 100% of the time.

I can trust Jesus because He is honest. I can believe anything that Jesus
says about me simply because Jesus is God and God doesn't lie. But Jesus is
also honest in that, if these is something in our life that needs
correcting, He will let us know. Not like some people who do nothing but
flatter. For me, personally, I would rather have a person honest enough to
point out my shortcomings than one who flatters all the time or who says
nothing when I need a "kick in the pants". Mind you, I don't want to hear
criticism all the time, either.

I can trust Jesus because He is effective. He succeeds at whatever He does.
Jesus simply doesn't know how to fail. I know that there are people who seem
to succeed at whatever they do but, for most of us, it seems to be more of a
sometime deal. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't.

I can trust Jesus because He has godly character. I mean, Jesus is God so
how can He not have godly character? If I need mercy, He is full of mercy. If I need kindness, He is full of kindness. If I need gentleness, He is gentle with me. And so on and on. Of course, there are people with godly character but I don't think they can outdo Jesus in that department!

I can trust Jesus because He has integrity. He and His standards are morally upright. This is in stark contrast to a corrupt world where there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of integrity. While I know that there are people in this world with integrity, the number seems to be declining more and more with the passing of time.

I can trust Jesus because He is strong. The Bible says that nothing is impossible to God so, if Jesus is God, nothing is impossible Jesus as well. So I know that He could blow me out of this place anytime He wants to. And it is, right now,it is comforting to me to know that He can take this cancer out of me anytime He wants. There are strong people in this world but none that even begin to compare to Jesus.

I can trust Jesus because of who He is and how faithful He is. I have been at this long enough to have experienced His faithfulness over and over. In fact, if it wasn't for His faithfulness, there is a good chance that I wouldn't even be here anymore. I know I really appreciate people who are faithful so how much more do I trust in the faithfulness of Jesus.

So, in the midst of another storm, I am doing my best to hang to my trust in Jesus. Everytime I start to panic because of the cancer, I force myself to think of those two words, "Trust Me".