Trust, Faith, & Being Kept in Christ

Trusting and having Faith begins with closed eyes, by letting go and falling backward...

What does it mean to trust God? What does it mean to have faith? What do these mean before victory is found, before the answer is given? If we knew our life, the things to do, the places to go, jobs to take, how we will meet our mate - then surely we would be obeying God, but would we have faith? would we trust God?

To trust or have faith is God is to be in an uncertain situation, and in this place we are met with the tension to obey and at the same time - to trust and have faith.

It would be easy, for example to have two people facing each other - one is to fall and the other is to catch them; however, the dynamics change entirely when one has their back to the one who is catching. The one being caught cannot see and therefore must have faith and trust when they fall backward that the other person will catch them.

In a much larger scale it seems life is the same. We, as Christians, are called to have faith and trust, only by letting go can we feel the satisfaction of God catching us, holding us, and keeping us safe.

The the question of when do I fall begins? We fall every day.
What do we fall too or towards? We fall from self and towards God.

So, then, in situations where we are concerned about God's will, purpose, or way - we need only to ask if we are falling from self and to God. Will what I am doing bring glory to God? Will what I am doing bring glory to my self?

To those who are being KEPT in Christ,

To those who have been called,
who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ (Jude 1:1),

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. (Jude 1:24-25).

~ Daniel