So, how sovereign is God? Can I really trust Him? How completely can I abandon myself and rest in His love? Does He really bear my burdens if I roll them onto Him?
How long will He make me wait if I do let go? Does he really care about the details of my life? How much pain will He let me feel? Will He let me hurt?
These questions well up. They cause a nauseaus sensation in my gut. I want to know before I let go. I want an answer. I am afraid to abandon myself. I want assurances that there will be no pain...that my heart will not be broken.
Below is what Jesus said when he felt this same fear:
"24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name.”
Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
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