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Trusting God in the Midst of Bad Circumstances

I finally realized something that seems really obvious, but for some reason, it took me a while to get it.

We should be just as confident that things are going to work out when they look crazy as when everything looks fine and dandy.

The opposite is true, as well. Even though things look peaceful and calm, it isn't an indication of security. Our security comes from God. It isn’t at all dependent on what is going on around us.

Whether it's the economy, our finances, our children, or our marriages, we can (and should) trust God with all of it.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 (KJV)

It just dawned on me recently after going through a faith test that it really doesn’t matter whether it’s easy or difficult to trust God. As my circumstances began to look better, I noticed myself trusting a bit less in God and a bit more in myself. After all, my circumstances weren’t requiring as much faith.

I had to shake myself a bit and remember I'm no less dependent on God when things are going well as I am when they’re going terribly.

Good circumstances are only an illusion of security.

When things look good, it's easy to understand how things will all work out. But isn’t it amazing how quickly we can go running back to God in faith when things look bad again? Good circumstances provide no true security. The great news is that for believers, bad circumstances are only an illusion of a lack of security.

Trust God in the storm

It reminds me of Jesus sleeping on the boat during the middle of the storm. He said, ‘Let us go to the other side’. But when things started looking bad enough, the disciples started to doubt what would happen. The truth is, no matter how bad things looked, they were just as secure. They had God in the flesh on the boat with them! How could they really think that they wouldn’t make it?

When they finally were freaking out enough, they woke Him up...yet, while frustrated with the disciples' lack of faith, He told the storm to calm down. The disciples just didn’t get it. They didn’t realize who Jesus was. They didn’t realize that no matter how bad things looked, He was there with them.

It's no different for us today. We have the promise of God that He will never leave us, nor forsake us. It doesn’t matter how bad things may look to us, it's merely an illusion. Don't be deceived: when your trust is in God, you cannot be more secure.

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