Last minute rescue

I'm a great chef! I love cooking and baking and taking leftovers and turning them into something deliciously different the next day. It's fun for me. Sometimes though after I've put something in the oven I forget about it. I get caught up with other activities or walk too far from the timer to hear it sound.

I'm thankful that God is nothing like me! Although He is life's master "chef", He keeps His eye constantly on me while I'm in the "oven" and takes me out at the exact moment that is perfect. Perfect moments can feel like a last-minute rescue. Heat I'd prefer not to spend any time in, is exactly what I need to be complete. Too often I lack faith in God because I give Him human characteristics. He isn't me and never will be. He doesn't walk away from the "oven" or trials in my life leaving me there and forgetting me. Just the opposite in fact!

Why must I revisit this trust issue so often? He proves Himself to be 100% trustworthy time and time again. In fact, something I've just realized is that He trusts me when I've proven to not be 100% trustworthy all the time. Yet again I think God is like me and can't truly be trusted all the time. He can. As I continue on this journey of life with Him, I pray I see Him more for who He really is and find myself becoming more like Him. That's the best way for me to understand Him better: spend time with Him and emulate His ways.

At least there's a plan in place! Now to living that plan today...onward!