God uses our feebleness, frailties and limitations and the struggles they bring upon us to undermine our trust in ourselves and strengthen our trust in him...when we let him.
What God did for us and offers to us in Christ is the foundation on which our trust of him is built.
And expanded explanation:
God uses the struggles our feebleness, frailties and limitations bring upon us to undermine our trust in our ability to make life work without him.
While at the same time strengthening/increasing our trust in him and his ability to guide us for our best...When we let him.
What God did for us and offers to us in Christ is the foundation on which our ultimate trust of him must be and is built.
To say it another way, if you struggle with trusting God, look to Christ and all he did for you. What he put himself through and the pain he allowed himself to experience in order to restore you to his Father's love.
The greater your struggles, the deeper you must dig in to what Christ did for you to see this great love he demonstrated and has for you.
This digging accomplishes two vital things. It exalts Christ and reveals the vastness of his love for you.
The more you struggle the deeper you must dig. The deeper you dig the more you see and the greater your appreciation, love and trust in Christ grows. He who is forgiven much loves much.
"But he who is forgiven little, loves little...." Jesus to Simon the Pharisee. Lk 7:47
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