An Example of How We Should Trust
A couple of months ago, Pastor Lisa shared about the overwhelming egg situation and how we need to focus on just the first next thing. It’s easy to let big things crush us. It is important to remember that we don’t have to go through things alone. We have family, friends, and God.
The egg farm ordeal was a tremendously big storm.
This week, we heard from Lacy, the owner of the egg farm. She shared her story and the struggles she endured.
Lacy grew up coming to Tisdale with her dad. As an adult, she went to different churches. She said that she always LOVED the Lord but didn’t always LEAN on Him. It’s easy to trust God when things are easy and going well.
Having grown up on the farm, it was important to her. After her dad died and her brothers weren’t interested in taking over, she moved back to the farm. She wanted to keep it going. She wanted to be able to pass the farm and its importance on to her family.
This is where the egg production comes in. After doing some research into the idea, she moved forward with it. Things seemed to line up, and she felt sure that this was the right thing to do.
This doesn’t mean that everything was easy.
Then there was a storm … a literal storm. One of the buildings blew down. The company she had contracted with to buy her eggs wouldn’t take them because of the damage and the eggs were no longer in a sterile environment.
Then there were people who lied to her about who they were and spread rumors that she was mistreating the chickens. After an engineer checked the building, it was discovered that it had been improperly built. The problems were things that couldn’t be seen.
We can’t always see the problems coming, but God can.
Lacy couldn’t see what was going to happen with the building, the storm, or everything that would follow. She couldn’t see the problems that were ahead, but God could. And even though He didn’t keep her from the storm, He was with her through it.
God will be with us even in the things that we can’t see.
Going forward, there was one problem after another. She would take them on, thinking she could handle them, until she realized that she needed help. She needed to trust God with this.
Maybe God wasn’t asking her to fix it, but rather to give it to Him.
She couldn’t see how everything was going to work out. She didn’t know what was coming next. But she could trust the One who did.
Trusting isn’t a feeling, it’s a choice.
In Psalm 46, we’re told:
“God is our mighty fortress, always ready to help in times of trouble. And so, we won’t be afraid! Let the earth tremble and the mountains tumble into the deepest sea. Let the ocean roar and foam, and its raging waves shake the mountains. A river and its streams bring joy to the city, which is the sacred home of God Most High. God is in that city, and it won’t be shaken. He will help it at dawn. Nations rage! Kingdoms fall! But at the voice of God the earth itself melts.”
The Lord All-Powerful is with us.
“The God of Jacob is our fortress. Come! See the fearsome things the Lord has done on earth. God brings wars to an end all over the world. He breaks the arrows, shatters the spears, and burns the shields. Our God says, ‘Calm down, and learn that I am God! All nations on earth will honor me.’ The Lord All-Powerful is with us. The God of Jacob is our fortress.”
Lacy doesn’t know what’s going to happen to the farm. She doesn’t know what the next problem will be or how everything will work out. But she does know who is with her.
She may not be able to see what is coming, but God can. She may not know how the story will end, but she knows the One who holds it.
Her testimony was a good example of what it means to trust God, not because we know what’s going to happen, but because we know who is with us when it happens.
The question isn’t if there will be storms. The question is, who will you trust?
Remember to thank God in all things. We don’t have to see the whole path to trust God with the next step.
God is bigger than any storm.