Tonight

Jesus Christ Will You guide me through this life

Wake me with each morning's light And restore my soul 'Cause through Your strength All my fears will fade away As you lead me in Your ways I will trust in You

Trust...I will trust in You. Trusting God with our lives and our decisions is one of the toughest things we can do. We have a tendency to take our problems, decisions, and our lives back when we think we can do it better. This is something that I've been wrestling with God about for the past couple weeks. When things go wrong and things happen that we cannot control or we make the wrong decision at the time, trusting God that He will work it all out is hard. In the past week I've had to deal with some troubling news that I am trying to trust that God has it all in His control. We think we have it all figured out...but guess what...we defiantly do not!

The lyrics above are from one of my favorite songs by Francesca Battistelli called Tonight. It talks about God's love for us and how if we trust Him to guide us and give all our fears to Him we can rest in Him. For me that is something that I think I have a handle on...for the most part. I know I am a strong woman of faith. I pray and thank God for all he allows me as well as I pray for my family, friends, this blog, and yes my future husband! But when we hear troubling news, like I did this past week, fear creeps into our minds and souls and we start to think the worst. Now I don't want you to think that I've been sitting at home dwelling on the situation I am in, because I'm not. I'm still living my life, praying and allowing God to lead me.

When this song came on my playlist it did something different to me. I've heard it before and sang it before however tonight was something different. Something different came over me in a way I can try to explain. I started singing in a tone of praise and worship to God as I believed what I was singing. However once I got to the second paragraph and chorus the tears started to fall. When I sang the words “ Cause through your strength, All my fears will fade away, as you lead me in your ways, I will trust in you. Your love is deep, Your love is wide. And I will rest in Your arms tonight. Your love is deep, Your love is wide. I will rest, I will rest, Tonight.”

This hit me like a ton of bricks. No matter my fears, whether they are for my job, my health, my home, my singleness, etc. as long as I lay all my fears at His feet and trust in Him, I can rest. We can rest when we leave all our burdens, trials, temptations, fears at His feet and trust Him. Now believe me it's not easy because as soon as you acknowledge that you have burdens, trials, temptations, fears, the devil can find a way to make you take back all your troubles and not rest. Psalm 121 is one of comfort. “I look up to the mountains, does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!” Jesus is our comfort, He is our strength when we are weak. He helps us through all our struggles and fears. He is a God of love.

As Christians we need to believe that as we rest in Him and know that He will handle our fears. The devil cannot get a foothold when we have the faith to believe in the One who knows our every weakness, hope and fears. I encourage you to rest. Trust in the God of love, the God of comfort. The One who knows our future and our path. The One to trust. Take time to release your fears and allow Him to lead you so you may rest tonight.

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