Lord, I Trust You! — Basilea Schlink

God lives and works today, but why do so few of us experience him at work in our lives? Could it be because God only finds rebellion in our hearts instead of trust? Listen to today's meditation by Vassalia Schlenk called, Lord, I Trust You.

Job's Trials and Faithfulness Under Suffering

Perhaps you know the story of Job and about the difficult trials the Lord allowed him to endure. Through terrible natural catastrophes, all of Job's children and possessions were taken away. Finally, God inflicted Job himself with a dreadful illness.

Satan's Purpose in Job's Testing

But in the second chapter of his story, we read, in all this, Job did not sin with his lips. Here, we see that Satan is at work and has a definite goal in mind for Job and for us. In everything that happens to us, Satan is nearby, determined to make us rebel and rise up against God.

Responding to Hardship Without Complaint

This is especially true when something in life is very hard for us or when we are sick and miserable. Of Job, it's said that through all these chastenings, he did not sin with his lips. From neither his heart nor his lips came a single complaint against God.

Humility Under God's Chastening

He did not resist that which was difficult for him. But how did he ever succeed in not rebelling against the chastenings of God? Job was humble. A humble person submits when he is struck by the judgment and blows of God, when like Job, he is humiliated before friends and strangers.

Satan's Watchfulness During Trials

But how do we react? Satan is lurking behind each one of us. He is watching keenly to see how we will react to the difficult trials of the Lord and to the humiliations of life. Will we sin now? Will we give in to our rebellious thoughts or words exclaiming, I've had enough.

Rebellion Against Authority and God's Commandments

I can't take anymore. Think for a minute about the true reason for the downfall of our world today. An entire generation is destroying itself in crime, suicide, and death by drugs. Where did it begin?

With rebellion against every authority and against the commandments of God. And now it will end with people living and dying in a hell on earth. Oh, that we might tell our Lord Jesus today. Although you only find rebellion in the world today, in me you must find someone who trusts you.

Trusting God Through Humiliation and Illness

When you humble me or chasten me through my family, job, or a serious illness, I know that it is for my good. These difficulties will help to make me right inside and will bring down heaven to me. Amen.

Trust Transforms Bitter Trials

Isn't it wonderful? Instead of rebelling, we can trust. And then the difficult will become easy and the bitter sweet. You have been listening to a program written by Basile Schlink of the Little Land of Canaan.

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