“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8

 
When this journey initially started, I had my own ideas of what the plan for my life should be. I thought about myself in a specific job, with certain people, and in relationships that I thought were filling. Those ideas didn’t last too long before God moved me into the unknown. I was thrust into a season of not knowing much of anything at all. The very essence of who I was or who I thought I was came into question. Being the planner and perfectionist that I am, I struggled because I needed to know what was next and what I had to do to get there. While God was never completely silent during this process, He was definitely a little slow with the revelations.

Honestly, I think that’s the hardest thing. God’s timing. Everyone says you shouldn’t rush God because there is a time and season for everything. While that’s true, that’s also ridiculously hard to live through. You don’t know when or where or even what in most cases, leaving you, or at least me, feeling lost and helpless. But God said to trust Him and that’s what I did.

My trust journey is a journey all it’s own. Quite frankly, it can be very struggle prone from time to time. One day you might catch me fully committed and without doubt and the next, I’m as anxious as I can be. I’m still working in this area. The comfort though, throughout this, has been that God wants to give a future and a hope. That realization, if nothing else, has been life changing. Regardless of what it looks like, it’s all going to turn out well. Stay the course and run your race.

With that said, in my own life, I’ve recently seen the fruition of all this trust work. Reflecting on these past 9 months or so since I graduated has shown me that God was simply setting the stage. All of my cries, all of my fighting, all of my conversations, and all of my self reflecting got me here. I’m no where near perfect and I still have much to accomplish in this journey, but God never left. He told me to trust my situation. Even with the self doubt, the feeling of lack, the feeling of insignificance, and the feeling of confusion, still trust. And I did. So here I am now, moving across country for a job that I’m excited about. Not only that, but there is extreme peace surrounding me. God moved when He was ready and boy, did it make a difference. In my own strength and in my own time, I could have been in a situation that wasn’t best for me. God always has my best interest at heart, and that is true for you too. I urge you to stay close to Him and gain those trust muscles. It makes a world of a difference.

Keep trusting, twenty somethings!