My Beloved Child,
For years, you have been on a journey to learn to trust more. Your lack of trust has impacted every aspect of your life. You hold onto things and people in fear because you don't trust to release them to me. You think the higher paycheck or the person who is clearly not the right one for you will bring you peace and contentment, but they don't. Only I can do that. The answer is to trust me.
I know you love me. It is clear in your prayers, it is clear in the way you share your faith with others, it is apparent when you surrender to me in worship, but that's not enough. It is possible to love me without trusting me, but you will never experience the fullness of what I have in store for you until you surrender to me in complete trust.
Think about the first steps of your children. They toddled around and held onto your fingers as they traversed the terrain of a new adventure. What if they never let go? Can you imagine the absurdity of your twenty-five year old still holding your fingers as he walked? You sat right there beside each one of them as they took those first steps ready to catch them if they fell. Then, you pulled back a little and watched them soar, but they had to let go. They had to look you in the eye and know you have them when they fall and not shrink back from the steps they were destined to take out of fear. How is your walk any different?
Look at Peter, he trusted me for a moment. He stepped out on the water in, not only faith, but complete trust. Once his faith, his belief in Me wavered, his trust soon followed and he took his eyes off me and the waves overtook him. The other disciples, they sat in the boat. They loved Me too. Nobody questions that love, but where was their faith and their trust? It doesn't matter--- they were not called to take that step--- only Peter was. Learn from him. Let your love for me be the fuel to trust me implicitly. Don't take your eyes off for even a moment for when you do, well, you know the outcome. One last thing about Peter, notice I didn't let him drown. I grabbed hold of him and the faith of all the disciples increased. They said, "You really are the Son of God." They loved me already, but their faith grew that day. Partly because Peter stepped out of the boat to come to the one he loved, through faith, as an act of TRUST. Won't you do the same?
Trust me. I've got you!
Love,
God
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