Trusting Is Obedience, God Had Taught Me This
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Trusting Is Obedience, God Had Taught Me This

"If you leave everything in God's hands, you will see God's hands in everything."

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Trusting Is Obedience, God Had Taught Me This

I once read a quote that said, "if you leave everything in God's hands, you will see God's hands in everything," and honestly, I scrolled past it and didn't think twice.

For whatever reason, when I see quotes like this on Instagram or Pinterest, I tend to ignore them just like I ignore posts that say, "share this or you will go to Hell." But when I saw this post again this past week, I felt something in my entire body.

I realized this quote is so true and powerful, and God needed to do more work in my life before He could open my eyes to this quote again. And it wasn't only my life He wanted me to see His handiwork in. I have seen God's hand in the lives of my friends and family, as well as with people I don't know on social media.

I need to remind myself that I should not discredit God's teachings just because I see them on social media and not in my Bible or my personal life. It is great to read God's word, but is it not even greater to see His work all around me?

As a very involved college student, I am usually stressed and exhausted and on the verge of a breakdown. I worry constantly about the future, especially things I have no control over. I was always saying to everyone how much I trust God, but I was only trusting God with certain aspects of my life and I was controlling the rest. In May of this year, God opened my eyes to this and told me to throw my plans and idea out the window and trust His plan.

I followed God's orders.

Now, when things become overwhelming with school, extracurriculars, and my personal life, I pause and pray. I give my worries and anxiety to God to handle and I put everything in His hands because I know that I cannot handle this alone. By doing this, not only did I feel a huge weight lift off of my shoulders, but I saw that things started working out for the better.

This week, I had a huge assignment due that I had been working on for weeks and the night before it was due I was stressed out! I couldn't figure out the code that I needed for the assignment and then campus wifi went out. Then suddenly, I felt calmness overwhelm me. I knew that God would take care of it. I ended up going to bed early, sleeping well, and when I woke up the next morning to submit my assignment, I got a perfect score.

It doesn't end there; I have so many daily testimonies about God's work that I wasn't seeing before. I don't want to say this quote changed my life, God did that, but this quote is in my head as a reminder; if I trust in God, I will see His hand in everything.

It reminds me that I should let go of my worries and stresses and hand them to God. He will care for me and give me the best outcome. If the outcome is not what I wanted, I won't sit there wondering what I did wrong, I will know that this was God's plan and He did what was best for me.

I share this testimony of God's love for His children as encouragement for myself and everyone to be more obedient. In our world today, it can be challenging to trust in God when things seem so hopeless at times.

There are so many distractions around us and we can only see God's handiwork if we dedicate our time and energy to trusting Him.

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