To the Point of Trust

This article was written by a friend.

Mathew 8:20 “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”  Consider if we are to be like Him, where is our head to be laid? In our uncertain times and the chaos around us watching foretold events coming to pass we can know our Lord modeled rest in the storm.  Jesus modeled the life of a perfected overcomer, not swayed by the world, but confronting the world with perfect love manifested in Him and the heavenly work he modeled and performed. He performed a life of calling trusting His heavenly Father in all things. What is our response to trial and adversity to be?  Knowing His word is true; His word becomes our anchor and reference point for all thought and activity.  This however is not achieved of our own ability, but by the leading of the Holy Spirit.  The overcomer has no plan of His own, but is an expression of the Holy Spirit, doing what the Holy Spirit leads him in obedience having overcome the worldly ways to respond to life.  John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Because Jesus overcame the world, we have victory over our circumstances.  No circumstance is a surprise to the Lord, and He provides a way by the Holy Spirit to prevail.  Will we listen and believe what He said over what the world says?  We need to trust the leading of the Holy Spirit.  Know Him to the point of trust. Know who you are in Christ to the point of trust.  Obey the Holy Spirit in trust, knowing how precious you are to the Lord. Remember the enemy wants you to believe you don’t have a heavenly father who loves you.  Jesus loves us in spite of us. Live from how He loves us, not from our ability to love ourselves.