Already Figured Out!

It was a season of grief filled with long lists of things to do, calls to make and an entire household to clean out. Both my parents had died within the previous year and now we were left with a lifetime of memories and a house full of belongings that needed to be sorted and disposed of. As the co-executor of the estate, there were many days that I was totally overwhelmed trying to manage all the details.

But then I would look down at my phone. Months before, I had seen a photo that I decided to save to serve as a reminder to me of where I needed to focus. The screensaver on my phone reminded me again of what I already knew. “God isn’t asking you to figure it out. He’s asking you to trust that he already has”.

It was so easy for me to get lost in the details but instead God was asking me to trust that he had already figured out every single one. Some days it was almost laughable. One morning I was upset because the realtor selling the house for us had asked me to make sure that the landscaping company I had hired would mow the lawn in the next couple of days before the ‘For Sale’ sign went up. But I knew that they were on a tight schedule and only came biweekly. However, when I called with my request, the owner surprised me by saying, “Oh the team should be over there to mow this afternoon. Today was our day in that neighbourhood!”

Of course! Why was I so surprised? Once again God had shown up and reminded me that when I put my hope and trust in him instead of trying to figure out how everything was going to get done, he had already taken care of the next thing. I laughed about that one for days.

Whether it’s not going to sleep at night because of all the things that I think need to get done the next day, or waking up and not being able to go back to sleep because I am feeling anxious about juggling too many balls, the question that I am facing always boils down to the same thing. Can I trust God with the details? I don’t need to figure it all out. He already has!

How about you? What details have you been anxiously trying to figure out instead of trusting that God already has? What area of your life has been draining you of energy when you should instead be trusting in God and putting your hope and confidence in him? What is God asking of you today?

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you that you are interested in not just the big things but in the details of my life today. Help me to trust you and put my hope and confidence in you, knowing that you are way ahead of me and already have it all figured out. God, you alone are trustworthy and you will never, never let me down. I put my trust in you today. Amen

Throughout this Day:
When you are tempted to be anxious and overwhelmed today, remind yourself that ‘“God isn’t asking you to figure it out. He’s asking you to trust that he already has”.