The Risk of Full Trust

When we refuse to take risks with God because we don’t fully trust him, we may think we’re playing it safe. We’re actually just trusting our fears and doubts more than we trust God.  

Staying on the sidelines until one has 100% verifiable trust in God may seem rational at first blush. Except that we don’t abide by that standard on practically any other front. We fully trust the pilot we’ve never met to get our plane to its destination. We completely trust an anonymous chef who prepared our food to do so safely. We absolutely trust our body to continue breathing once we go to sleep. 

Yet when it comes to God, we want an upfront guarantee. Without it, we withhold trust and refuse to risk. But that reveals more about our fears than God’s character.  

To see the folly of this approach, imagine you’re on a small island when a long-dormant volcano begins to erupt. You quickly consider the options. A small boat is about to leave the shore but you pass because you aren’t 100% sure of its seaworthiness. You could try swimming to the nearby island, but you aren’t completely confident in your stamina…so you stay put. A rescue plane may arrive, but you rule that out since you don’t fully trust the pilot. Every option holds an element of unknown risk, so you refuse all of them while doubling-down on how this shows why you can’t trust God. So you stay put, fully trusting your own reasoning. Until it’s too late. 

Don’t let that be your story. You’ll never have 100% proof of anything before it happens…but you can be fully confident God will be with you in everything you face. He wants to be your only plan—not your back-up or rescue plan.  

Give your doubts, fears, and excuses a full release. Then give God your full trust. The best time is now, before the next volcano erupts.

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