Trust Him!

Sometimes the truth hurts, but regardless of that, it is the truth and it has to be told!  I spoke twice this weekend---Saturday at a Women’s meeting and tonight at church---same message, but different audiences.  The message came straight from God and it was a great lesson for me.  I am going to write the message up and post it, but for now I will just tell you one part.   I used a bicycle tire to represent my life----the rim being me, the hub being God, and everything else in my life are just spokes.  You know really sometimes these words come out of my mouth and I am just as surprised as anyone when I hear them, that is when I truly know it is God and not me.  I talked about making sure that God was always the hub because when he is not, things do not work so well.  When we put something other than God at the center of our lives then we can expect to be out of balance.  So do I put something other than God at the hub of my life?  Well I thought I had been doing so well, but God revealed the truth to me tonight and guess what, I have been putting something else there----my thought life!  Or should I say my worrying thought life?  It seems that lately that is all I have been doing is worrying/wondering about many, many things----some small, some big, but regardless I have had my mind on something other than God.  I have spent more time thinking about something that I have no control over instead of using that time to talk to God or to read His Word.  I complain about not having enough time to read and write, but then I allow other things to take up this time that I should be spending with my Father.  So it just hit me, I know that a lot of people got something from this message, but apparently I had to hear it twice in order to get what God is trying to tell me!  He should be at the center of everything in my life, my marriage, my children, my job, my hobbies, my health, my finances, my church, and now I know my thought life!  I am reminded once again that when I don’t trust him with everything my life becomes out of balance----Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.  Proverbs 3:5-7