I’ve been stalling, but it’s past time to tell you : my word for this year is not actually abide.
That was my word two years ago. That email got scheduled for my blog on accident. What’s really funny is that my word for last year was Grace, so I’m going to have to ask you all to give me Grace for that mistake. I feel like it’s been good for my heart to start off with a blunder for the new year. It’s bringing me some serious humility. So now that we’ve talked about the elephant in the room, my actual word for this year is words.
I have a combo this year: believe, trust, and hope. God has been speaking to me about all of them. When I started asking God for a word of the year, I felt a nudge towards trust. I'm going to be honest and tell you that word scares me. I feel like picking the word trust means I am going to need to endure some really hard things to solidify my trust in God. I told God I was scared. Why act like He doesn't know??
God, loving me the way He does, cushioned "trust" for me with the words "believe" and "hope". He spoke through verses where I found the word believe and hope working in tandem. God tied all three together for me. If I'm believing the right things about God, I won't hesitate to trust Him, and trusting Him in every situation is going to bring me hope. so the endgame of the year is increased hope as a byproduct of believing God and His love for me and then trusting His decisions.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound with hope."
Romans 15:13
We are indeed his house, if we hold fast our confidence
and our boasting in or hope.
Hebrews 3:6 "
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23
"Everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure." 1John 3:3
"But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation."
Psalm 13:5
When I choose hope, it purifies my soul by rightly placing God in charge. It's a surrender to His plan. If I place my hope in God and not my expectation, I won't be disappointed. Most of my disappointment is a result of setting my heart on the way I imagine my life.
I can trust Him because He is always faithful, I can surrender both the big and little things of life. He will not drop the ball. He sees the end game better than I do.
God, I want to trust you with all my heart and not lean so heavily on my own understanding. I confess that I am scared of making trust my word this year. Forgive me. This shows my lack of understanding and desire for control. God, instead I want to embrace trust and let that fill me with hope. I want belief to flood my soul and light me up form the inside. I beleive that you can help me let go and lean better...in all my moments. I can receive more of You when I am in a posture of beleif. I can feel more secure in a posture of trust. I am poised to receive blessing in a posture of hope...and You receive glory from all three.
Commenti