Do You Have Complete Trust?
Too often we think we are trusting when we are merely controlling our panic. True faith gives not only a calm exterior but also a quiet heart. Miss Amy Carmichael gives a beautiful illustration from nature of this kind of trust:
The sun bird, one of the tiniest of birds, a native of India builds a pendant nest, hanging it by four frail threads, generally from a spray of the Valaris tree. It is a delicate work of art, with its roof and tiny porch, which a splash of water or a child’s touch might destroy. Miss Carmichael tells how she saw a little sun bird building such a nest just before the monsoon season, and felt that for once, bird wisdom had failed; for how could such a delicate structure, in such an exposed situation, weather the winds and the torrential rains?
The monsoon broke, and from her window she watched the nest swaying with the branches in the wind. Then she perceived that the nest had been so placed that the leaves immediately above it formed little gutters which carried the water away from the nest. There sat the sun bird, with its tiny head resting on her little porch, and whenever a drop of water fell on her long curved beak, she sucked it in as if it were nectar. The storms raged furiously, but the sun bird sat, quiet and unafraid, hatching her tiny eggs.
We have a more substantial rest for head and heart than the sun bird’s porch! We have the promises of God. They are enough, however terrifying the storm.
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This story reminds me of Mat 6:26 which says,
" Behold the birds of the heaven, they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value then they? "
Birds trust instinctively yet we have an even greater reason to trust God. This is because of the value God places on us, so much so that he allowed His only Son to be sacrificed so that you and I will have an opportunity to be justified at the final judgement. I trust but the question is - do I have complete trust?
