There are several things I’d like to write about at this moment, but the overriding one is this new creation learning. The idea that we know something is the start. Taking the knowing to believing is the huge next step. Then, the even bigger step is believing it is true just for yourself (me). Lastly, trusting that what I know and now believe, will happen–take place. Of course, when this starts I then see my need to “wait on the Lord”. The first thing my flesh wants to have happen is immediate results from the steps previously taken. However, God is never done teaching me steps of trust. Even writing this right now I find myself letting out a big sigh of relief. The first step of trust in this case for me is patience.

When we are told in scripture to “wait upon the Lord and He will renew our strength…”(Isaiah 40:31), we will never have our strength renewed if our waiting is done in impatience. Trusting God has been for me one of the most rewarding endeavors I’ve ever taken. It has been a slow process to completely trust Him and I’m sure I have miles to go in this arena. But, the farther I go, the more I want to go. Learning how to TRUST in every area of my life and then wait on the Lord is amazingly peaceful when it is accomplished. It truly is that “peace that passeth all understanding”(Philippians 4:7).

Living as a new creation and not falling back into the fears of my old creation will take the rest of my life. I am so glad to be on this side of the knowing and then believing and now trusting that it is genuinely true for me!