Trust in You – Song Dive

Trust in You – Entry #4 of 4

In the Blog entry for today and the final one for this song, I want to take a look at the last verse of this wonderful song:

You are my strength and comfort
You are my steady hand
You are my firm foundation
The rock on which I stand
Your ways are always higher
Your plans are always good
There’s not a place where I’ll go
You’ve not already stood

How often do you have fears in your life and feel you are too weak to address these fears? These fears can be emotional, physical, real, or perceived. There is a good chance we have fears every day of our lives and that we all have times when we feel weak and helpless. Christ is there to give us all of the strength we need and he is the one who is always there to comfort us. Not only to give us the strength to face our fears and our enemies, but he is there for us to lean on. He always stands ready to hold us in his arms, wipe away our tears, and to show us things will really be ok.

We try to stay on track with our faith every day, but it is so hard to do. We keep wandering off of our path and many times we know we are not on the path we should be on. Jesus is always there with his hand reached out to us. His feet are always on the path he has for each of us and he is there to take our hand and guide us or perhaps carry us. He just waits for us to offer our hand to him and ask for his help. It is so awesome that he is always there with his hand extended out to each of us.

We were recently at the beach and had to walk quite a ways to get to the spot where we wanted to set up our umbrellas and chairs. The sand was hot and our feet kept sinking in the sand, so it was hard to get to the spot we wanted; but the walk was worth it! We knew that when we walked on the sand that it would be challenging to get where we are going. Many times we establish our hopes, dreams, and our daily lives on weak foundations that we can’t really depend upon. Maybe the strengths we are counting on are ourselves, our friends, or maybe things we have read or heard. The problem is that none of these are strong enough and dependable enough in the long run. Christ is the only one who can offer us a firm foundation built on solid rock, on bedrock; he will never fail us. We just need to keep our eyes on him at all times.

The path that Jesus wants for us and has planned for us is above the fray of life, above the worries and sins of this world. He wants and asks us to look to him and let him help us across the pitfalls of life that we often create or encounter; he is the only one who stays above it all; yet close enough to always hold our hand and be our guide. He alone knows the plan for our life and we know his plan is perfect. Even though we do not know the twists and turns our lives will take, he knows the path and the destination.

It is so reassuring to know that Christ knows what is ahead and he knows where our steps will lead us today, tomorrow, and for eternity. He knew our path before we were created and he knows what tomorrow brings; does it make sense to trust in anyone else?

Every day, we need to open our hearts in prayer to our Savior and simply say “I will trust in you” for all things.

Trust in You – Entry #3 of 4

In the Blog entry for today, I want to take a look at the next verse:

Truth is, You know what tomorrow brings
There’s not a day ahead You have not seen
So let all things be my life and breath
I want what You want Lord and nothing less

This first line seems to acknowledge that Jesus is the absolute truth and we ultimately have to accept that fact to give our lives to him. He is the constant in our lives and is the only one we can depend upon for our daily and future spiritual needs. We are constantly bombarded with news from social media, electronic media, music, internet, and printed media. We also have our friends and others who want to give us advice and guidance. We probably get some truth from some of these forms of communication, but there are so many conflicting stories. Via all of the media, we can get everyone’s opinion on how to do most anything and how to handle all of the problems in our daily life as well as our future. We have more information available to us today than at any other time in history. As we try to sort out fact from fiction from all of these sources, we just get more confused and frustrated. The bottom line is the only truth that is never failing comes from Christ and he is the only one who knows what tomorrow brings and is the only one who truly understands our needs and has the answers to our issues. He has known us since before we were born and knows every day of our journey, why should be trust in anyone else? He not only knows our path, but is waiting for us at the end of it.

We were given life and breath by our Lord, without him we would not even exist. He formed us from the dust and breathed life into us. The things we have in our lives today are the result of the abilities he gave us. We have definitely not done all of the right things, but it is only because of him that we can do anything. With this in mind, I surmise that the writer is saying we devote our time and energy to focusing on what Jesus wants and asks us to do as opposed to us trying to find our own way. The ultimate reward is one only he can give and we should set our hearts on living for him, nothing else matters. Do we necessarily know every step of that path and do we know the end goal of our earthly lives; no, we do not. I do believe we must ask Jesus for his guidance every day to help us stay on or find our path. Yes, we will deviate from the path since we are not perfect but trusting in him is our only hope for the future he seen for us. There is no place in time he has not been.

When is the last time you tried to shut out all of the distractions and dedicated time to truly pray? I know it is hard for me to take the quiet time and really focus on what Jesus wants us to do. We have so many distractions every moment of everyday, but we need to make time just to chat with our Savior. Yes we need to offer up prayers for others, we need to ask forgiveness for our sins, and we need to tell Jesus how much we love and adore him; but we also need to ask him what he wants from us. Maybe we do not find out the long-term plan, but we need to pray for what he wants us to do right now in our lives. We need his guidance to light our paths every day, if we don’t turn to him for this daily guidance; where will it come from? What are my marching orders for today….

Trust in You – Entry #2 of 4

In the Blog entry for today, I would like to perform a deep dive of the chorus in this song.

When You don’t move the mountains
I’m needing You to move
When You don’t part the waters
I wish I could walk through
When You don’t give the answers
As I cry out to You
I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You

We are told by Jesus that faith can move mountains and I believe that if God wanted to move a physical mountain; he could certainly do it especially since he is the one who created the mountain. In this song, I do not think the writer is referring to a physical mountain. In our lives, the mountains we face are more likely fear, emotion, frustration, desperation, guilt, and loneliness. These are not the mountains created by God, but ones we created by our own actions or actions taken by others; most of these were created by our lack of faith. We do need these mountains removed because they are blocking our way and we don’t see any path around, over, or through the mountain. We know God can move these mountains and we need him to make it happen so we can get on with our lives. Note the writer using the word “When”, which seems to imply we are just waiting on God to make this happen for us.

The song continues by comparing our troubles to the waters that block our path. We probably see these waters as the ocean since we cannot see the other side. The waters were parted for the Israelites and they walked across the dry land where the water was parted, and their enemies disappeared into the water and their escape from bondage was complete. So why not expect God to do the same thing for us? We stand on the shore of the vast ocean of our troubles and just wish he would give us the path to cross and when we get to the other side, our troubles would vanish into the sea. I suppose we are similar to the Israelites in that we just assume our time is over since we have nowhere to go.

The last lament in the chorus is God not giving answers. I often hear people complain that he does not answer their prayers. Maybe we have prayed for something over and over for years and still do not believe we see any results. Is he still listening to us? Why has he forgotten us? Too many times we pray and we also tell God what we want the answer to be. We do not know and understand his plan for us or others; he will answer the prayer in his timing and in accordance with his plan. We know he has an eternal home for us, but he also has a plan for us. He does have answers for us, but maybe the answers are not always heard since they may not be what we wanted to hear, maybe there are more lessons to be learned before the answer is given, or maybe we are asking for our will to be done as opposed to his will being done. This is what trust is all about, it is knowing he will answer.

The end of the chorus is the key to our faith; having mountains moved, having waters parted, and having our prayers answered. We finally reach a point where we come to our knees and realize we must put our complete faith in God, we realize we just can’t do it without him. We don’t merely ask for help, we cry out for help and we put our faith in the hands of God and in his plans for us. I love the fact that the phrase “I will trust” is repeated three times, this is what we need every day.

Trust in You – Entry #1 of 4

The next song for my Blog was written by Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren, and Paul Mabury and first released in 2015. A link to Lauren Daigle performing the song is at the bottom of this Blog entry.

Trust In You

Letting go of every single dream
I lay each one down at Your feet
Every moment of my wandering
Never changes what You see
I try to win this war
I confess, my hands are weary, I need Your rest
Mighty warrior, king of the fight
No matter what I face You’re by my side
When You don’t move the mountains
I’m needing You to move
When You don’t part the waters
I wish I could walk through
When You don’t give the answers
As I cry out to You
I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You
Truth is, You know what tomorrow brings
There’s not a day ahead You have not seen
So let all things be my life and breath
I want what You want Lord and nothing less
When You don’t move the mountains
I’m needing You to move
When You don’t part the waters
I wish I could walk through
When You don’t give the answers
As I cry out to You
I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You
I will trust in You
You are my strength and comfort
You are my steady hand
You are my firm foundation
The rock on which I stand
Your ways are always higher
Your plans are always good
There’s not a place where I’ll go
You’ve not already stood
When You don’t move the mountains
I’m needing You to move
When You don’t part the waters
I wish I could walk through
When You don’t give the answers
As I cry out to You
I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You
I will trust in You
I will trust in You
I will trust in You

I will begin the first entry in this Blog by analyzing the following section of the song.

Quite a step is being taken in the first line of this song. We all have dreams for our future and some of these dreams we may have had for a long time. Maybe these dreams are about families, jobs, houses, vehicles, friends, travel, sports, singing, or even changing the world. We work hard to fulfill our dreams and what we may believe to be our destiny. When I stop and think about that line, I think wow; can I really do this? Can I really give up and let go of my dreams? This is what keeps me going many days, I need a target to march towards in my life.

I don’t think the writers are suggesting we forget our dreams or walk away from our cherished aspirations, I interpret it as putting all of these in the hands of Jesus. It is hard to let go of some things, because we sometimes feel we are the only ones who can control the situation. The problem is that we only think we are in control. We need to give everything to Jesus since he is the only one who knows and controls the future. Jesus says to give our burdens to him and our dreams are somewhat of a burden if you think about it.

Everyday we push ourselves and carry the burden of our dreams and goals, but there are many days when we wonder if we can ever be where we want to be in our lives. We may have different jobs, we may have dysfunctional families, that house may be too expensive; so our dreams and our paths to those dreams get altered along the way. Sometimes it almost feels as if we are wandering aimlessly down an unknown path as we encounter one roadblock after another. We know the path we want to take to fulfill our dreams, but Jesus knows the path we need to take and what we will accomplish.

We fight our battles every day, we face the struggles of life in an ever changing never stopping world. We try to be strong for ourselves and for those who depend on us, but too many times we just get weary from the fight. We now confess that we just can’t do this anymore. It is at this point, that we finally allow Jesus to take our burdens. He is the mighty king who can conquer anybody and anything. He is the one who rose from the dead, the one who took away our sins, and the one who has prepared an eternal home for us. He has never been and never will be defeated, he alone is omnipotent. He is the warrior we need to fight and win our battles for us and is always right beside us waiting for us to let him take control of our lives so our earthly battles can be won.

Click Here to See Lauren Daigle Performing Trust In You