Will You Trust Him?

“I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I AM!”
(John 8:58, NLT)
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If this verse hadn’t been printed in red letters in my Bible,
the proofreader in me would have taken a red pen and
written “poor grammar” in the margin. But because Jesus
is speaking here, I know He said exactly what He meant:
He is God eternal.
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“I AM” is the name God used for Himself at the burning
bush when Moses asked whom he should tell the
Israelites had sent him (Ex. 3:13-14). “I AM” is present
tense, meaning God is always now. There is no past or
future for Him. He is outside of time. Eternity is NOW for
Him. 
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It also means He never changes. He is the same
yesterday, today and forever. So while the world around
us may be constantly in flux, we have a Solid Rock, an
Anchor for our soul (Heb. 6:19) in whom we can place our
trust. As Jill Briscoe writes, “It isn’t the amount of trust we
have, it’s the object of our trust that matters.”
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We also know God has a plan for each of us. The prophet
Jeremiah wrote, “’For I know the plans I have for you,’
declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jer. 29:11). 
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Despite knowing that intellectually, I don’t always live by it.
Sometimes I think I know better and try to live my life by
my own plan instead of God’s. But lacking His
omniscience, the ability to see the whole picture, I usually
mess things up. 
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That’s when I try to follow Job’s example. At the end of the
story of Job, when God finally answers Job’s big question
of “why?” with an even bigger answer—“Because I am
God and you are not.” — Job responds in humility: “I know
that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be
thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans
without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me to know” (Job
42:2-3).
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Once we recognize that God is trustworthy, that He has a
plan for our lives, and that His plans are better than
anything we could ever ask or imagine, we can live by
faith, knowing His will for us is “good, pleasing and
perfect” (Rom. 12:2).
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Will you trust Him? We encourage you to study God's
Word and spend time in prayer. Trusting His plan is the
first step in living a life that’s totally devoted to the One
who is completely trustworthy.