TRUST GOD EVEN WHEN LIFE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE | God Is In Control - Inspirational & Motivational Video
Summary
TLDRThe video script explores the theme of trusting God during life's inexplicable moments. It uses biblical references, such as Jesus washing Peter's feet and Proverbs 3:5-6, to encourage viewers to have faith even when life doesn't make sense. The speaker emphasizes that God's ways and thoughts are higher than our own, and we must trust in His plan even when it's unclear. The message is one of perseverance, obedience, and surrendering to God's will, despite life's challenges.
Takeaways
- 🤔 Life often presents situations that are difficult to understand, and it's okay to not have all the answers.
- 🙏 Trusting in God doesn't require full understanding; it's about having faith in His plan even when it's unclear.
- 📖圣经中耶稣为彼得洗脚的故事教导我们,即使我们不理解,也要相信上帝的作为。
- 🛤️ Proverbs 3:5-6 encourages us to trust in the Lord and not rely on our own understanding, acknowledging Him in all our ways.
- 🌌 Isaiah 55:8-9 highlights the vast difference between God's thoughts and ways and our own, emphasizing the need for trust.
- 🕊️ Even when life seems unfair, God's nature is good, and He always acts in our best interests.
- 🌱 Sometimes, we must accept that certain things are beyond our comprehension and trust that God has a purpose.
- 🙅♂️ A lack of understanding should not be an excuse for disobedience; we must still follow God's guidance.
- 🌟 God's plan may involve mystery and the unexplainable, but it's important to remember His ultimate goodness.
- 💪 Faith is holding onto God's promises even when life is difficult and doesn't make sense.
- 🏆 In the face of life's challenges, we have the choice to either become bitter or to trust in God's goodness and sovereignty.
Q & A
What does the speaker suggest we do when life doesn't make sense?
-The speaker suggests trusting in God even when life doesn't make sense, acknowledging that God's ways and thoughts are higher than our own.
How does the speaker use the story of Jesus washing Peter's feet to illustrate a point?
-The speaker uses the story to show that Jesus did something Peter didn't understand at the time, but Jesus told him he would understand later, illustrating that we don't need to understand God's plan fully to trust in it.
What Bible verse does the speaker reference to emphasize the importance of trusting God without full understanding?
-The speaker references Proverbs 3:5 and 6, which says to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not lean on your own understanding.
What does the speaker mean when they say 'trust and obey'?
-The speaker means that even if we don't understand God's plan or actions, we should trust in His wisdom and obey His commands.
How does the speaker address the idea that God's thoughts are higher than ours?
-The speaker uses Isaiah 55:8 and 9 to explain that God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours, just as the heavens are higher than the earth.
What does the speaker suggest about our understanding of God's plan?
-The speaker suggests that we may not understand God's plan now, but we can trust that it will make sense in the future, and that God's ways are ultimately just.
How does the speaker view the concept of fairness in relation to God's actions?
-The speaker acknowledges that life isn't always fair and that there are things that happen which may seem unfair, but emphasizes that God's nature is good and He always has our best interests at heart.
What does the speaker say about the role of faith when we face challenges?
-The speaker says that faith is holding on to the promises of God when life falls apart and trusting that God is fundamentally good even when we don't understand His actions.
How does the speaker encourage us to respond to situations where God's actions seem unfair?
-The speaker encourages us to not get bitter or give up, but to trust that God is in control and that there is a purpose to the challenges we face.
What does the speaker mean when they say 'life will be full of unanswered why questions'?
-The speaker means that there will be many situations in life where we won't have clear answers or understanding, but we can still trust in God's goodness and sovereignty.
How does the speaker define the difference between a believer and an unbeliever facing hardships?
-The speaker defines the difference as the believer having a constant companion (God) to walk with them through hardships, while the unbeliever clings to sinking sand.
Outlines
🙏 Trusting God in Times of Confusion
The paragraph discusses the challenges of trusting in God when life doesn't make sense. It uses the example of Jesus washing Peter's feet to illustrate that we don't always understand God's actions but are called to trust in His plan. The speaker encourages listeners to trust in God's ways even when they don't align with our own understanding, referencing Proverbs 3:5-6 and Isaiah 55:8-9 to emphasize that God's thoughts and ways are higher than our own. The message is to continue trusting and serving Jesus, even when life seems unfair or confusing.
🌟 Surrendering to God's Greater Plan
This paragraph delves into the concept of surrendering to God's will even when His instructions or life's circumstances seem nonsensical. It challenges the idea that we must understand everything to obey and suggests that trust in God's character can alleviate concerns about the unknown. The speaker uses Isaiah 55:9 to reinforce the idea that God's ways are higher than ours and encourages listeners to trust in God's goodness and wisdom, even in the face of life's unfairness and challenges.
🕊 Accepting Life's Unanswerable Questions
The speaker addresses the reality that some things in life will remain a mystery and may not align with our expectations of fairness. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing the limits of our understanding and the necessity of trusting in God's goodness and sovereignty. The paragraph draws parallels between human and divine actions, suggesting that just as we may not understand the actions of a higher power, we also may not fully comprehend God's ways. The speaker encourages acceptance of life's unanswerable questions and maintains faith in God's goodness.
🌱 Embracing Pain and Trusting in God's Purpose
This paragraph focuses on the Christian's response to pain and suffering, asserting that being a Christian does not exempt one from such experiences. It contrasts the believer's perspective with that of an unbeliever, highlighting the comfort and security found in trusting God as a constant companion. The speaker encourages maintaining faith in God's goodness and control, even when life presents seemingly insurmountable challenges. The message is to persevere, continue fighting the good fight of faith, and trust that one day, all will be made clear in God's presence.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Trust
💡Understanding
💡Servanthood
💡Obey
💡Character
💡Unfair
💡Mercy
💡Theological
💡Eternity
💡Rescue
💡Faith
Highlights
When life doesn't make sense, trust in God even when things don't make sense.
God doesn't need your full understanding to proceed with His plan.
Jesus' washing of Peter's feet demonstrates that we don't always understand God's actions.
Proverbs 3:5-6 emphasizes trusting in the Lord with all your heart, not relying on your own understanding.
Isaiah 55:8-9 contrasts human and divine thoughts, emphasizing God's superior wisdom.
Even if life's circumstances don't make sense now, they may in the future.
Obeying God doesn't require understanding His plan, just trust in His character.
A lack of understanding doesn't excuse a lack of obedience to God.
God's ways are higher than ours, and we must trust Him even when things seem unfair.
It's okay to express raw emotions to God; He understands our struggles.
Some things are a mystery and will only be understood when we are with Jesus.
God's nature is good, and He always acts in our best interest.
Faith is holding on to God's promises even when life falls apart.
Jesus also experienced unanswered prayers, showing we are not immune to pain as Christians.
We have a choice to either get bitter or trust God when life doesn't make sense.
God will deal with every injustice and rescue all His children in due time.
It's important to trust God's goodness even when circumstances challenge our understanding.
We may not understand everything, but we can trust that God is in control.
Part of faith is trusting God even when life doesn't make sense.
Transcripts
what do you do when life doesn't make
sense why why do we trust God when our
life falls
apart and what do you do what in the
world do you do when God is doing
something in your life that you don't
understand when Jes Jesus got ready to
wash Peter's feet as a
demonstration of servanthood that we are
called to in
leadership Peter said no no no no Lord
you're not going to wash my feet and
Jesus replied to him in John chap 13
and: 7 he says you don't understand what
I'm doing but someday you
will and that's what happens to us many
times we're in a place in our life and
God is doing stuff that we don't
understand he doesn't need to wait until
you have full understanding before he
goes ahead with his
plan that's when he says trust
me trust me trust
me I mean I don't know about you but if
I'm headed
east and I'm hitchhiking and Jesus stops
and picks me
up and starts taking me
West I don't know where he's taking me
but I trust
him and when you trust him who is the
way
you don't have to understand where
you're
going what do you do when life doesn't
make
sense they're going to come times in
your life my friend when nothing seems
to make sense but here's a verse I
thought about as I was studying this
passage of scripture many people use
this verse as their life's verse
proverbs 3: 5 and 6 the Bible says trust
in the Lord with all of your heart and
lean not into your own understanding in
all your ways acknowledge Him and He
Shall direct thy path he shall direct
thy paths now notice what it says it
says lean not to your own understanding
but listen to what the Bible says in
Isaiah 55 now verses 8 and9 God says for
my thoughts are not your thoughts
neither are your ways my ways say the
Lord for as the heavens are higher than
the Earth
so are my ways higher than your ways and
my thoughts than your thoughts now how
far is up you tell me you can't how much
higher are God's thoughts than your
thoughts you tell me you cannot as the
heavens are higher than the earth so are
my thoughts above your thoughts listen
to me just because it does not make
sense to you does not mean it does not
make sense and just because it does not
make sense now that does not mean it it
will not make sense later on not now but
in the coming years it may be in the
better
land we'll understand the meaning of our
tears and there we'll
understand oh friend there's coming a
day there is coming a day when God's
going to make everything right don't
you don't you lose your faith when it
doesn't make sense to you just because
it doesn't make sense to you does not
mean it will not make sense one day
serve Jesus give him your heart give him
your life and don't ever ever ever
quit it's always too soon to
quit never too late to
start listen maybe you're in a situation
that that doesn't make any sense maybe
you're in a situation where God's spoken
to you and he's given you specific
things that he wants you to do
and yet you've said God you can't be
talking to me that doesn't make sense
you don't have to understand you just
have to
obey you see there's a principle here
that's very important a lack of
understanding does not excuse a lack of
obedience see some of you have missed
out way too long because you sat back
and you've refused to give God control
of your life life you're trying to
analyze every move that God makes and
you're trying to force it to fit your
limited understanding of how life should
work quit trying to make sense of God it
won't work instead trust him obey him
and experience the
victory you pray and plead for God to
reveal his plan God what do you want to
do with me what do you want to do with
my life but when he opens the door for
step one you're frustrated and don't
take it you're only willing to obey if
God's reveals the entire plan you Short
Circuit the plan of
God because you're only willing to obey
if it makes sense if it doesn't last too
long and if you can see the final
outcome what do you do when God's
instructions don't seem to make sense
how do you handle it when life gives you
a left turn that was unex
expected trust and
Obey just trust and
Obey you get the point where you don't
mind so much that you don't know exactly
where you're going because you're
confident that wherever he leads you is
going to be more amazing than anywhere
you could have ever gotten by
yourself Isaiah 559 God puts it very
simply for us he says as the heavens are
higher than the Earth so are my ways
higher than your ways and my thoughts
than your
thoughts see it doesn't have to make
sense to you God's ways are much higher
than yours God's thoughts are so much
higher than yours see you see the moment
but God sees eternity you see no hope
whatsoever and God sees the victory that
is on the horizon right now so what does
God say when you say God this doesn't
make
sense God says I am
God that God knows best and I
don't and it's really that
simple but it takes
humility to come to
terms with that sort of a
conclusion say God I don't
know I don't know what you're up to
but I
submit you know you've revealed certain
things to me and what you've
revealed I thank you for but I don't
even begin to believe that I have the
whole
story because I don't think I could
comprehend the whole story but what I
know and what I know about your
character leads me to
believe that I can trust you
and I can
surrender the point is he wants us to
trust him he wants us to trust in his
character you know because when you know
someone's
character it puts you at ease about the
things you don't know about what they
may be doing or not doing in your life
you know if I know somebody really well
and I would trust them with my life and
something happened that kind of seemed a
little bit off or a little weird I would
say well I don't really know what
they're up to but I know
them I know they're
trustworthy and he or she is a Godly
person and so you know I'm going to give
them the benefit of the doubt well think
how you can do that with God I mean we
do that with human beings think of how
you can do that with
God how do I Know da da da da da well do
you know
God you know that do you understand that
that's the answer to most of the
questions that we have what's going to
happen to such and such do you know God
do you know what he's like do you know
his character if you know his character
you're going to come back and say well I
don't know what he's going to do in that
thing but I do know this he's good he's
righteous he's true he's
faithful he's just like Abraham said to
God while he
was speaking to him about Sodom and
Gomorrah
will not the judge of all the Earth do
right yes the judge of all the Earth
will do
right and life is not
fair there are a lot of things that
happen in the course of life that do not
always make sense to
us and how do you
reconcile the things that are quote
unfair particularly where it involves
God
and what he does for one person and what
he seems to not do for another person
things like you know you can have two
people who are both sick and dying and
you can you pray for one and God
miraculously heals one and the other one
dies or you can have two couples who are
infertile and you pray for one couple
and they get pregnant and the other
couple
doesn't and we begin to evaluate and
judge things that's Fair that's unfair
that's fair that's
unfair and it is particularly difficult
when those unfair things affect us
personally what do you do when God
doesn't do what you want him to
do we need to understand that God's ways
are higher and some things will simply
be a mystery to us and difficult to
understand until we are with Jesus
now listen to me that is not a copout
that is reality and we need to recognize
that if you always try to explain some
of the things that are simply
unexplainable you will be digging a
deeper theological pit and it would be
better for you to just simply say there
are some things I don't get and I don't
understand this side of
Heaven because the more you try to
explain it the more difficult and
agonizing it will be
and there are some things we just need
to defer to God and say God I don't get
this I don't understand it and by the
way he's a big God and you read the book
of Psalms particularly there's raw
emotion there it's okay for you to say I
don't like it you can even say I'm angry
about it you're a big God Lord I give
all this to you and I'm just going to
trust you because I don't understand
it you know in a similar
way when we put things in perspective
does a bird understand
the one who builds a birdh house for
her does a bird understand the one who
put seed in the feeder and water in the
bird
bath in a similar way can we always
understand the ways of the one who
clothes and feeds
us we have a finite understanding of
things we are limited in our capacity to
grasp and to understand in the same way
that a bird may not understand what
we're doing on behalf of the bird in the
big picture of things there are many
things in this universe we simply will
not understand that only God does JB
Phillips once said if God were small
enough for me to figure out he wouldn't
be big enough for me to
worship there are just some things we
have to defer to God Isaiah 55 8-9 says
for my thoughts are not your thoughts
nor are your ways my ways says the Lord
for as the heavens are high higher than
the earth so are my ways and my my
thoughts higher than
yours Solomon in Ecclesiastes 8:17 he
said then I saw all that God has done no
one can comprehend what goes on Under
the Sun despite all his efforts to
search it out man cannot discover its
meaning even if a wise man claims he
knows he cannot really comprehend
it some things friends God Reserves
for his understanding and his
Alone number two it's also important
when we get into these theological
irreconcilable things number two is that
God's nature is good he always has our
best interest at heart Psalm 100 ver5
says for the Lord is good his Mercy is
Everlasting and his truth endures to all
generations let me tell you why this is
so
important because the oldest lie in the
book is that God is not good when things
things challenge us because we we don't
understand them and it's easy to begin
to in our minds think that God is not
good CU if God were good that he would
not have allowed this or he would have
answered that prayer or whatever the
thing might be and so we tend to in
instantly go in a dark place and we
think God's not good and that's why this
is happening it's the oldest line in the
book this is exactly what Satan did when
he played with Eve's mind in the garden
God is good despite our circumstances
but sometimes maybe it's just not the
right timing or sometimes maybe it's not
his
will but at the end of the
day we have to
remember that God will straighten every
crooked thing and he will level every
uneven thing and he will deal with every
Injustice and he will punish every evil
and he will not in this lifetime in the
one to come deliver and Rescue all his
children he will because that's our
God see here's what faith is Faith is
holding on to the promises of God when
life falls
apart you know what's the most
comforting for me when your prayers
don't get answered the way you want is
the fact that Jesus didn't get his
prayers answered
always that's going to catch get some of
you off guard but think about
this when Jesus prayed to the father in
The
Garden he said Daddy if there's any way
for this cup to pass for me and any
other way that this can happen
nevertheless not my will but your will
and the Bible says he prayed not once
not two times but three times and the
father said no there's no other
way listen to
me being a Christian
does not make you immune from pain and
suffering in fact I would say you're
probably more susceptible to pain and
suffering as a Christian but the promise
God gives us is this we have a constant
companion that is walking with us and
never leaves us that's the difference
between you and an
unbeliever an unbeliever clings to
sinking sand we hold on to the Rock The
Anchor of Christ that's the
difference when you're dealing with this
difficult circumstances of life and you
can't figure out what God's doing and
you don't like what God's doing in any
way shape or
form you really have a
choice you can get all
upset and all lathered up and worked up
and frustrated and angry and bitter and
believe me A lot of people
do or you can sit
back and say
Lord you know
I
don't but you
know and I will
wait life will be
full of unanswered why
questions and we can either torment
ourselves with the unanswered
wise or we can believe that God is
fundamentally
good and trust him even when things
don't don't make sense to
us at the end of the day that's the
choice things in life friends in case
you haven't figured it out by now won't
always have simple
explanations it's okay to say I don't
like this I don't understand
it but I trust in the Lord that he is on
the throne and that he cares about
me when you come to these places that
are not fair it's a critical time it's
easy to get bitter give up on life let
that be excus to never do anything great
you have to dig down deep say God this
is painful it doesn't make sense but I
know you're still in control you
wouldn't have allowed it if you didn't
have a purpose for it part of faith is
trusting when life doesn't make sense
we're never going to understand
everything that happens you can't let
one betrayal one divorce One Bad season
soured the rest of your life I know it
wasn't fair I know it was painful it
wasn't your fault but you can't stop
there you have a responsibility to get
back
up don't give up keep fighting the good
fight of Faith keep running the race
with
perseverance things won't make sense
This Side of Heaven always but one day
we'll be with
him forever ever and ever amen
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