Trust Me

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding                   Proverbs 3:5

I was talking with a client the other day discussing the idea of doubt. This client was a bit troubled by his tendency to question his own faith commitment, and he wanted to discuss that. The more we talked, it became clearer to him that questioning faith is actually important. Without questioning faith, there is no room for faith. In other words, if one does not question their beliefs, there is no need for faith.

Faith is like a muscle- it needs to be exercised regularly to maintain strength and viability. Faith that can stand regular scrutiny becomes stronger. It forces us to face ourselves in a very honest way, and to admit that while we do not have certainty, we have trust. Trust is what God requires of us.

There is an old metaphor about faith and trust. The question was “do you have faith that the chair there in the corner can support you? “Yes” is the typical answer. The response then from the questioner is, “then go sit in it, because faith is believing that the chair can hold your weight, trust is sitting in the chair.”

Questioning faith is natural and healthy I believe. Trust is knowing that God can sustain us, no matter how weak or questioning our faith is.  

Prayer: Lord, we do have trust in you, not our own strength of faith, Amen