Who Do You Trust?

By Denise Boggs


“Trust in the Lord with all your heart…” (Proverbs 3:5).

If you have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) do you wonder who you can trust? You can stop wondering today. You will find strength and hope for your recovery if you trust in God. After all, things that are impossible for man are possible with God.

“For with God nothing is ever impossible…” (Luke 1:37).

He created your body, so you can trust Him as He works in your body to bring about the best recovery possible. There is a battle that everyone struggles with in their thoughts, the battle between fear and faith. Fear is the greatest opposition to faith because it will not allow you to trust God; like oil and vinegar, they do not mix. During our son’s TBI recovery, the greatest battle was in the mind “fear against faith.” Do we believe what we see, or do we believe God, the One who we can’t see.

Fear sounds like this: “What if I don’t recover?” “What if I don’t walk again?” “What if my friends don’t stick with me?” Any one of all of these situations could happen, and that is why we turn our life over to God and trust Him. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. If you trust in Him, then you can be okay with whatever the outcome is in your recovery because He works all things together for good.

Faith is personal, and each person has a measure of it. As you hear God’s Word and believe His Word is truth, your measure of faith will increase. Each person uses the measure of faith they have been given everyday. If you didn’t have faith you wouldn’t sit down in a chair. When you do sit down, you are exercising your faith that the chair will hold you up. When you go to the doctor, you are exercising faith that the doctor will be observant to your condition. You have faith in a certain make of a car, you believe that the quality of the car is good and will hold together as you drive down the road.

A chair, a doctor, and a car are all visible; you must exercise faith in them to benefit from them. Now, what about faith in something invisible? Gravity for instance is invisible, but you have faith that it is there and will hold you on the ground. The air you breath is also invisible, you can’t see it, but you have faith it is there. When you step outside your house, you exercise your faith by trusting that the air is safe to breathe. As we read about God and His great love for us, our faith in Him will increase. Exercising faith in God will actually increase your faith. Your faith does not increase each time you sit in the chair, or drive a car or even go to a doctor. Your measure of faith increases as you trust God, the One whom you can’t see that is working on your behalf. He can take care of you, your health, your family, and all that you are concerned with. All you have to do is step outside of what you see and trust Him, who you can’t see.


Written by Denise Boggs

Living Waters Ministry

www.LivingWatersMinistry.com

www.TBIhope.com