The Last Resort

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart.” Proverbs 3:5a (NKJV) I was listening to two elderly women talking in church. “So how is Robert doing?” Ann asked. “Not good, the cancer has spread,” May replied. “I guess there is nothing left to do but pray and trust God,” Ann said and shook her head. They both sighed. They had lost hope; they expected the worst to happen. It was a serious situation — an old man had cancer, his wife would probably soon be an old widow — but what caught my attention was that prayer and trusting God was their last resort. Not their first choice, but their last choice. When all else has failed . . . seek God. We should seek God first. Mark Twain said he’d had many troubles in his life, most of which never happened. I think that is true of most of us. We worry about what “might” happen. We expect the worst to happen. Sometimes it feels like it’s the end of the world — we are sick or sad or lonely or hurting, but things will work out in the end. And if they haven’t worked out yet, it’s because it isn’t the end. There is a phrase, “Let go and let God.” We could save ourselves so much anxiety and worry and grief if we’d let God take care of things. Every day we trust complete strangers to do the right thing. We trust people to drive safely. We trust people to stop at stop signs and red lights to avoid accidents. We trust the clerks in the store to give us the right change. We trust our doctor to prescribe the right medicine. We don’t know any of these people, but we trust them to do what is right. “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee” Psalm 56:3 (KJV). The Eternal, Almighty God of the Universe, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, loves us and cares about us. How can we not trust Him? — Crying Wind   Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The Council Fire Daily Devotional Book Set is available on the Intertribal Life Ministries website. Learn more about Council Fire at councilfire365.org