The Theology of Resting in God

How can we measure how our walk is going? One reliable way is to consider how much we fear. Trust in God and fear are inversely proportional. I learned that in algebra or something. It means the more we trust the less we fear. As we walk with God our confidence in His guidance, our trust, should be growing and our fear of what lies around the next bend should be less.

I understand that there are no atheists in foxholes. When we are afraid, we turn to God and hope He is there.  When we are afraid, the least we can do is pray to God. But our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His name have an underlying confidence in Him.

“. . . O you of little faith!” What a stinging pain must have shot through the disciples as they surely thought to themselves, “We missed the mark again!” And what a sharp pain will go through us when we suddenly realize that we could have produced complete and utter joy in the heart of Jesus by remaining absolutely confident in Him, in spite of what we were facing.

Our process of sanctification, can be measured by the extent of our peaceful resting in God, which means a total oneness with Him. Let it be our goal that tomorrow we will fear less than we did today and that we will rest more in Him. If so we will surely be blessed.

Nick