Suspicious

By Lysa TerKeurst

It doesn't feel like a very Christian thing to say. To admit we still have moments when we feel a bit suspicious of God while we're clinging to the promises of God.

But can I be completely honest with you? I have wrestled with these feelings.

And I don't think I'm the only one.

So many of us are standing in our churches on Sunday morning with our hands raised high as we proclaim our God is a "good, good Father," but then we find ourselves lying in our beds on Sunday night with tear-stained pillows facing realities that don't feel very good at all.

It's hard not to feel suspicious of God when our circumstances don't seem to line up with His promises. And it's difficult not to doubt the light of His truth when everything around us looks dark.

That's why, in the midst of circumstances that leave us feeling shaken, we must allow what we know to be true about God to steady us.

Let's remind our souls today of who God is...Our God who fulfills His purposes (Psalm 57:2), our God who saves (Psalm 57:3), our God whose steadfast love and faithfulness know no end (Psalm 57:10).

And instead of being suspicious of Him, let's lift up our praises to Him. Praise may not shift our circumstances, but it will definitely begin to change our hearts.

Praise may not change our circumstances, but it will definitely begin to change our hearts.

Psalm 57:2

I will cry out to God Most High,

To God who performs all things for me

Psalm 57:3

He shall send from heaven and save me;

He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah

God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.

Psalm 57:10

For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,

And Your truth unto the clouds.