Trust

Been meaning to write this one for awhile now...

My son and I were in a pool in Texas a few weeks ago and I was trying to get him to come swim with me. He's almost 5 and has swum before.

For some reason, he was scared. I'm not sure what spooked him, but he didn't want to come out even with floaties on! I thought this was going to be a cool lesson of overcoming adversity and seeing that we can do anything. I was wrong

He kept freaking out.

And freaking out.

He was screaming at me to not let him go. I knew he'd be fine, I knew the floaties would work. I knew I would rescue him at the first sign of danger.

I started whispering in his ear, "Why don't you trust me?" "You'll be fine" "I'll won't let you drown"

Truth was, in that moment, he only saw the unknown waters and didn't hear my voice. He didn't trust me. He was acting like he would die if I let him go.

You may already be able to see the spiritual implications forming her. How often is this our mentality towards God. We see our own inadequacies. We see the deep waters. We don't hear His voice. We don't feel the floaties. We don't trust. We fear. Perfect love has driven out fear yet we don't believe that either. We do when we are in the kids pool with control and we can feel the ground.

What my son didn't realize is that there was so much more fun to be had! Diving, swimming, splashing, we could have had a ton of joy out there.

Instead fear won, trust lost.

What are you fearing now? Do you realize that God desires pure joy for you. Trust Him.