“So don’t throw away this confident trust in the Lord.” The Apostle Paul, Hebrews 10:35
“I’ve had it!” “I am so done!” “I’m out of here!” Most of us have thought or spoken these words of exasperation, hurt, frustration, exhaustion or fear. Sometimes we go a step further and tell God that it is all His fault and we are done with Him, too.
The Apostle Paul jumps into the middle of this reality in the book of Hebrews. Paul reminds us about the awesome sacrifice of Jesus Christ for all that is wrong and evil. He encourages us to work together to lift each other up and to do good in the world. He helps us remember very difficult suffering. Specifically, he references a time when people were being put into jail and stripped of all their personal belongings. It was a hard time.
Paul goes on to remind us that our trust in the Lord has carried us through past difficulties and He will carry us now. His words are for us today. Don’t throw away what really matters. At the top of the list of what really matters is our trust in God. Trusting God is meant to be part of our everyday living. Trusting God connects all of life together and gives us unusual capacity to walk through the most challenging of times. Trusting God reminds us of who has done the “heavy lifting” on our behalf – Jesus Christ. Trusting God reminds us that He is doing much more in our lives than we can see or know. He is thinking about us forever. There are life lasting benefits that come with trusting God.
The next time you are tempted to hang it all up, think again, and remember the Apostle Paul’s words, “So don’t throw away this confident trust in the Lord.”