Trust God

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

September 23, 2025

Trust God

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.”

John 14:1 

I have always had a fascination with the night sky. Since I have moved to the mountains of Western North Carolina, my fascination has increased as I have been able to observe the majestic gases in the Milky Way. My participation in a local astronomy club has deepened my understanding of the expanse of eternity. Space telescopes capture images of objects so far away, my brain hurts trying to contemplate the distance of hundreds, or thousands of light years. Our Heavenly Father steps into His parenting role in such times and simply says, “Trust me.”

Trusting God is appropriate in our efforts to understand the world, and heavens around us, and in understanding His Word. For instance, when is the Second Coming of Christ? Our Father simply says, “Trust me.” The timing of Christ’s coming again in final victory is not a riddle to be solved or a code to be broken. Rather, it is a promise to be celebrated and anticipated.

I am learning to put on the shelf much that I do not understand. Wars happen, and so do sickness and disease. People have long struggled with questions about human suffering and why bad things happen to good people. I could write a book to answer those questions, but it would be the shortest book in history: Trust God.

My Takeaway: When I receive Holy Communion, I often recall the Eucharistic affirmation that as I, by faith, receive the bread and cup, I experience anew the presence of the Lord Christ Jesus in my life as I look forward to his coming again in final victory. I have no ideas as to when, where or how, I just Trust God and know Jesus is coming again.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2025 by Alex M. Knight

 

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