Believe

To believe. What's that mean?

To believe is to entrust.

Entrust is to give responsibility to someone else to do something. 

It's to deliver something into someone else's protection and care.

Who do I believe in?

Who do I entrust my thoughts and cares to on a daily basis?

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I think so much. 

I am a "thinker," as some might say. 

I think about what I should do, when I should do it, how I should do it, what I should say, when I should say it, how I should say it, how others will feel and receive what I say. I think about how I should dress and present myself for daily events. I think about what people will think about how I dress and present myself. I think about what other people might be thinking about when they're with me and after they've been around me. I think about the past in reflection, I think about the future in wonder. I think about and envision different circumstances and outcomes. I think about the worst circumstances and the best possibilities and THEN I think about how I'd feel if either happened. WEIRD. Weird, I tell ya...the amount of thinking I do is... HUGE! ALL THE TIME! 

I AM A THINKER! It's official.

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. -1Peter 5:7

It's easy for a thinker, like me, to worry. There's so many unknowns in thinking. And with unknowns, I can either default to uneasiness/worry/anxiety/fear. OR I can believe. I can choose to entrust the unknowns to my Heavenly Father. I can choose to believe:

In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. -Proverbs 16:9

I can choose to believe that God has the final say. That when I offer myself and my will to him, when I surrender, He is faithful and just and will direct my pathways. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not trust in your own understanding. 6 Agree with Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:5-6 (New Life Translation)

The Almighty Creator of the heavens and the earth has a way with my path. He can intervene, interject, change my direction, throw me for a loop, change my pace, set me up for a divine appointment. He can bless me along the way, he can discipline and lead me to repentance. God is involved in my life! Why? Because I asked him to be! I surrendered my life to Him. I told Him I didn't want to be the Lord of my own life. I entrusted my life to God. I believe God's ways are better and best. I need Him. And so when it comes to my thinking and when it comes to unknowns, I, first, must recall- my Maker. I must remember that I do not walk alone. He leads me. (Remember Psalm 23!) He's there by the still waters and in the presence of my enemies! He is not just involved when it's green grasses. He is just as involved in the valley of the shadow of death...so I need not be afraid or worrisome. He is with me. 

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." -Joshua 1:9 NIV

I am so grateful for truth. And I choose to stand upon the Word of God today. 

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. -Psalm 119:105

I believe you, God. I entrust my emotions and my feelings to you as I take a sturdy stand upon your Word.

Thankful for truth that sets the prisoners free and releases me from all binding/fearful thoughts.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. -John 4:18


So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, "Abba, Father." -Romans 8:15

Grace