My mother, who is 90 years old told me this week, “The older I get, the more I realize I need to rely on the Lord’s leading. I seem to fully understand that now at my age, more and more. You cannot do it on your own. I now wonder did I get it when I was younger.” I love it when I get to have a great heart to heart conversation with my mother over the phone. She lives in the Midwest, so I cannot just jump in the car and go drive to see her. I am starting to write down her gems of wisdom in quick bits of conversation when she can hear me in our talks over the phone. Sometimes that is a challenge. Our phone conversations are special and are now filled with her wisdom as she looks back to her younger years. I am making memories to pass down to our daughter and daughter-in-law, so they will be able to pass them onto their daughters someday.
When I was younger I used to think I would have it all together when I was older – say in the middle age years at least. I am finding that is not the case. I still make mistakes. I still have struggles in life. I have to confess and humbly ask God’s forgiveness every day. I often wonder if I am making any progress? Each and every trial teaches me new things about God and my relationship then grows deeper still. That is never a negative learning experience of life.
Here Are Ten Verses From the Psalms About Relying on God:
Psalm 62:5: “For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.”
Psalm 18:2: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Psalm 16:7-8: “I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”
Psalm 23:3: “He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
Psalm 28:7: “The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”
Psalm 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.”
Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.”
Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 62:1-2: “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.”
Psalm 119:92: “If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.”
Is there something you need to trust in God to do? Psalm 62:8 says: “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.” Lean on Him. God is your strength. He is your shield and deliverer. Place all of your hope in Him and ask for His abundant peace to fill your heart until it overflows.
Listen to “Trust in You” by Lauren Daigle.