Confidence and dependence

"My eyes are on you, I trust in you ; Do not forsake my soul." Psalm 141

"I will instruct you, and I will teach you the way to walk, I will advise you with my eye on you." Psalm 32. 8

In the first verse quoted, we see a man who says to confide in God and who asks him not to abandon his soul. It seems therefore that his confidence in God is not absolute or not well established. In the second verse of the day, it is God who addresses one of his children (in fact to every believer) ; God assures him that he will be with him throughout his walk (his journey on earth = his life) and that he will never abandon him. On one side human doubt, on the other side the divine affirmation ... and yet these two verses are written by the same author, David !

God desires that each of his children should give him total confidence, absolute, without the slightest restraint ; Of this confidence will result the peaceful dependence we will have upon him : "Dismiss all your concern for him, for he takes care of you" (1 Pet. 5, 7). To put oneself entirely in the hands of the Master and to expect him for everything, is the secret of a happy, trusting and dependent progress.

This total trust protects the child of God from all anxiety about the future. Looking at God is already an act of trust, it is a free decision that must be taken every day. God wishes to be at the center of our thoughts; Concentrated on him, we can give him all our cares, he will take care of it, and our march may be carried out in his dependence. Let him guide us day after day ; Any mark of anxiety actually reveals some doubt about his promise to take care of us. Sometimes the horizon may seem obscure, but if we keep our trust in him, we will see that God opens the way before us as we move forward.

"Trust in me and practice good" (Psalm 37: 3). It is David who expresses these words from God ! And in order to practice good, must we not necessarily be dependent on God ? Of ourselves we can not get there! This lapidary formula ought to be constantly before the eyes of every believer ; That is what the soldier would call his "road order".

Source (To pleasing the Lord)