Trust Fall

Have you ever faced an obstacle that you needed to trust someone to overcome? I remember of a time a few years ago at a church camp where we had to do just that. At the retreat there was an obstacle course which we needed to complete with our team; the trick was that we needed to trust one another. We were face to face with an obstacle called the trust fall. A trust fall is a team-building exercise in which a person deliberately falls, trusting to be caught. What’s the hardest part? Falling or the act of trusting? On this journey called life i’ve gotten to learn what trust looks like- could be in yourself or others. Today I’m writing about what it looks like to trust in the one who created us.

I’m sitting here in the airport momentarily staring at an airplane from my seat amazed, but yet confused. My mind begins to carelessly wonder, asking myself “why am I doing this, how am I here?” From the time I’ve sat here I’ve seen the stars glistening in the night sky and admired the warm colors of the sky during sunrise. To put it simply; that’s why I’m doing this. For the one who created those very two things. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible (Hebrews 11:3). I’m here because of trust. Trusting in the Lord is hard but it became ten times harder during the Covid Season. Not knowing what the future held The World Race became a huge question mark. A few weeks after the pandemic went berserk we received an email from our mentor sharing the contingency plan. I was overwhelmed by what felt like a major decision to make. At a certain point I gave up but continued to trust God and His plan. I learned I needed to flee from my flesh and quit trusting in myself. Proverbs 3:5 speaks loudly to me, “trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight.”. It’s a great representation of who the Father is and how He provides. 

When we walk into trouble or face challenges we need to fall back on something, what do you turn to? Personally I have failed multiple times who and what I fall back on. From my experience on the race I have come to know that I will be walking into many things blind, not knowing what the outcome will be. For example I did not sign up for 3 months in Gainesville or to do mission work in Ecuador, but God said otherwise. I decided back in March when we found out the “new plan” that I needed to trust Jesus. When we trust in Jesus we can’t see what that exactly looks like. Just like with a trust fall, we aren’t able to see who’s behind us to catch us. The cool thing about Jesus is that he will always be there to catch us when we fall. For the longest time I put my trust in the things of this world, but I was let down every time. I realized that everything in this world is temporary, therefore I trusted in the one who is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:18)

Keep on trusting, hoping, & rocking that smile!