Key Bible Verse: Don’t fight the ways of God, for who can straighten out what he has made crooked? (Ecclesiastes 7:13). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10

Is God really in control? Is he trustworthy? Will he help? While working on this book, I suffered a physical ailment that exacerbated a lifelong infirmity. The timing was very inconvenient and, for several weeks, would respond to no medical treatment.

During those weeks, as I continually prayed to God for relief, I was reminded of Solomon’s words [in today’s Key Bible Verse]. God had brought a “crooked” event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only he could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not he straightened my “crook” and relieved my distress? Did I really believe that a God who loved me and knew what was best for me was in control of my situation? Could I trust him even if I didn’t understand?

Trusting God is worked out in an arena that has no boundaries. We don’t know the extent, the duration, or the frequency of the painful, adverse circumstances in which we must frequently trust God. We’re always coping with the unknown.

When we fail to trust God, we doubt his sovereignty and question his goodness. In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense.

* Jerry Bridges in Is God Really in Control?

My Response: Right now, I need “eyes of faith” to help me deal with …
Thought to Apply: Faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse. —Philip Yancey (author)

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