“This secret of trust is the key that opens the door to all the other secrets.”

A thought by Henry Cloud, from his book, The Secret Things of God: Unlocking the Treasures Reserved for You (p.30) Howard Books. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

And that is so true.

Henry says, “Through trust, we connect with God in a way that shows our reliance on him and our surrender to him. This is what he desires most from us. He wants us to trust him and depend on him more than any other thing. In fact, he says that without trust, or faith, it is impossible to please him, to have a relationship with him, or to receive anything from him. (See Hebrews 11:6) Trust is the essence of ‘faith,’ and it opens you up to all that you need from God.”

He goes on, “Learning to depend on God will make your life larger than you could ever imagine and better, in every way. As you trust, you will step out in faith and receive blessings you never would have received and accomplish things you never thought possible. It is the way that your life becomes larger.”

He says, “As a Christian, the object of my faith—the what—is not an impersonal universe but a personal God. And when that willingness to believe—that trust—is placed in the God who really can help us, our lives will change in ever-expanding ways.

Later he said, “When my four-year-old was learning to swim, it was all I could do to get her to jump off the safety of the steps into my arms and let me pull her to the next level. ‘No, Daddy, what if I go under!’

“I would coax and coax . . . ‘I won’t let you go under. I promise. Trust me.’ After many, many episodes of that dance, she finally jumped off, grabbed my hands, and began to kick. Only then did she learn the magic of weightlessness: trusting me first, then trusting that it would all work.

“How many times does God coax us to take that step . . . ‘Come on, I’m right here. I won’t let you fall. I promise. Trust me.’ But we protest that we’re afraid, we’re worried that if we jump in, we’ll go under, that he won’t catch us. And all the while, just beyond the safety and security of where we are, he holds out joy and wonder and the larger life.”

Will you trust him today? Will you take that step and trust him? Will you?

Yes, yes!

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