Trust In Him At All Times

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Psalm 62:5–8 (ESV)

I have spent quite a bit of time in the scriptures and over and over again I see the command, admonishment, encouragement, to trust in God. I haven’t found any scripture that tells me to understand everything. This obviously doesn’t mean we are to disregard understanding, our minds must always be engaged  in our faith. The scriptures tell us over and over to gain knowledge and even directs that knowledge towards Christ Himself being the the subject of our knowledge.

I guess I am saying that knowing and understanding don’t always go hand in hand. Often, it is what I know that enables me to trust in God. I know God is good, trustworthy, loving, kind, honest, pure, etc.. and so “trusting” Him with all of my being and with all of my life (even eternal life) is made possible. If someone were to ask me to understand why God loves me, or why He is kind towards me, I am certain I would not be able to do that. And of course there are “rough seas” in my life where things are difficult and I often seek to “understand” why this is happening, which again is futile.

I want to think that some of the events  in my life are a result of my sinful choices, or my poor thinking, and the consequences may be, but the scriptures tell me all my days are written, and nothing is outside of God’s purpose and all things work according to His divine providence. So, again, knowing  enables me to trust but not always understand.

Trust in Him at all times is the command. My prayer is I will do this and in doing so, rest in peace.