Tis so Sweet

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
Yes, I've learned to trust in Jesus,
And from sin and self to cease,
Now from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest and joy and peace.

Are you taking what God is offering you?  Sometimes we'd rather get ourselves all worked up and try and make peace and joy happen in our lives instead of simply taking what Jesus has provided to us.  Because we can do better than God or maybe we are just more comfortable earning or working to make things happen in our lives than receiving a free gift. Or maybe we think once we get all of our problems settled, then we will find the joy, the peace we crave.  And we make things harder and more complex than they need to be.  Because we won't get a hold of what God is giving us and receive it into our lives. 

Receiving God's gifts comes by faith, so I know it isn't as easy as receiving a physical gift someone hands to us.  It takes practice. Trusting God is something we learn to do by practicing continual surrender. A decision to trust and not fear. A decision to put all our hope in the one whose grace is sufficient. A decision to cast our cares on him and not keep picking up the same burdens and trying to figure it all out.  Because we won't ever make it all work out.  Even as much as we want to convince ourselves we have everything under control and we can handle it.  We can't.

But God can. So we choose to let God be God in our lives knowing that he is faithful and able to do what he has promised.