Do I Really Trust God

Do I Really Trust God?

Job 10:8-22 (NLT) 8 “‘You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me. 9 Remember that you made me from dust— will you turn me back to dust so soon? 10 You guided my conception and formed me in the womb. 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit my bones and sinews together. 12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care. 13 “‘Yet your real motive— your true intent— 14 was to watch me, and if I sinned, you would not forgive my guilt. 15 If I am guilty, too bad for me; and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high, because I am filled with shame and misery. 16 And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion and display your awesome power against me. 17 Again and again you witness against me. You pour out your growing anger on me and bring fresh armies against me. 18 “‘Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother’s womb? Why didn’t you let me die at birth? 19 It would be as though I had never existed, going directly from the womb to the grave. 20 I have only a few days left, so leave me alone, that I may have a moment of comfort 21 before I leave—never to return— for the land of darkness and utter gloom. 22 It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.’”

Job knew the promises of God and what God had done for him but he really didn’t trust God fully. He viewed God in a suspicious way. He was always waiting for the other shoe to drop and that God was looking for something to blame Job. I would venture to say that a lot of people treat God that same way – that they know about God and His goodness but can’t really trust Him in the grand scheme of things. I want to be a place in my life where I can fully trust Him and fully follow Him – no matter what the circumstance is. It is only then that I can fully have the peace of God in my life.