Trust that God can shape you

Every day we're reading or listening to part of the Bible together and sharing thoughts with you. Today it’s Bern Leckie:

What did I like about today’s passage?

Last Sunday I was thinking about how much David seemed to identify with Jesus by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as he prayed. Psalm 22 is a really clear example of this in the depths of suffering and despair. But today's Psalms also give credit to God for the victories and good times.

I love the idea in Psalm 19 that the skies themselves glorify God, that they are making a silent but far reaching declaration about God's work. If we believe from this that we are part of something much bigger than ourselves and awesome in scope and power, and if we believe that one God is concerned with it all, including us, then we must stop having a small faith. Instead of trusting in the small things our possessions and plans amount to, we can trust in the eternal God of the universe and receive the ability to overcome anything, even death.

What did it show me about Father God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit?

God is big and majestic, and his work speaks for itself. He is also listening to our requests and able to give us the desires of our hearts and success in our plans. In the context of these readings and the rest of the Bible, I am sure this means that those desires and plans themselves can come from God if we choose to trust him fully. God's work includes building us up and shaping our hearts' desires, not working through a to-do list we came up with independently of him.

What am I going to do differently as a result?

Expect God to shape my desires, plans and prayers more as I allow myself to trust him more, and be ready for the possibility that this will include pain in the short term as well as ultimate victory to come.

Who am I going to share this with?

People I pray with next week as we catch up on how "The SHAPE of You" course has helped us to know how God has been shaping us.