Trust in God. Why trust God? How?

I overheard a conversation about children with children’s power speeches not long ago. Little Janko remarked: “If I had the strength like daddy, I could do it too, but when I grow up, I can do it too!” Why do I mention this thought? We are often adults like children. We have solid words and often say: “..if, if…” The boy grows up, but what about the adults? The boy gains strength.

We, believers, can and should also talk about power, which is also the main idea of ​​the gospel. The apostles asked the Lord Jesus: “Why couldn’t we cast him out?” (Mt 17:19). They did not know how to heal the sleeping boy. And then the Lord Jesus said to them: “Because of your little faith… If you have faith like a mustard seed …” (Mt 17:20). The apostles could not heal the boy because they did not have strong enough faith. The evangelist Matthew points out how much emphasis the Lord Jesus places on our faith. What should it be like so that it can affect things impossible for human reason – such as healing an incurably ill person or moving a mountain to another place? Disciples are to have at least as much faith as a mustard seed. This means a faith that is small on the outside but firm on the inside, that develops in greater trust in God and leans more and more on him. Such set faith is not some initial agreement of reason and conviction that the Lord God is correct. Still, faith has proven itself in trials, suffering, and illness when it was underappreciated, unrecognized, and persecuted. Whoever proves himself in such situations can place everything in God’s hands. He has faith that he can do more than move mountains.

Why is our faith so ineffective in life? Why can he do so little? That’s because we didn’t develop it, we didn’t make it strong in the heat of trials and obstacles, and we didn’t make it a kind of control lever – a steering wheel in our life. We can often be compared to a driver – a beginner who convulsively holds the steering wheel in his hand. He is inexperienced. In our case, we have to realize that someone with more experience is the best expert, and that is our God. So let’s leave our worries to him and sit beside him as a passenger. The primary duty of a Christian is to develop faith. And not only in moments when we feel good but always and under all circumstances to learn to trust God. With God as our guide, counselor, and teacher, we can pass even the most challenging part of our life. Let’s trust in God! Let’s not say: if it were a different time, circumstances, or things. The Lord wants us here, at this time, under these circumstances. Here and now, we must improve and strengthen our faith.

A child can grow up and become empowered. He will be strong like his father and no longer say: “…if, if…” Let us also learn to trust God always and everywhere.