Take him at his Word ...

The other night my 3 year old repeatedly wakes crying with the words, "no no no no" I realize he's having a bad dream and my husband immediately asks our son if he wants us to pray. We receive a sleepy yes, so we begin to pray for our son. In a matter of moments he's asleep and snoring. I'm laying there holding my precious baby boy when I realize its that simple for him! We pray for him and he has no doubt that God has taken away the monsters and he can now rest peaceably. I'm thinking about the fact that as adults we don't trust God nearly enough or give him enough credit! And we use all kinds of excuses to neatly sidestep the call of Faith he desires from us! But I believe the truth of the matter is we can't really wrap our heads around the fact that God is God! The same way its hard for us to truly comprehend Gods love for us! At the bottom of the matter is do we sincerely, truly trust God? Not just love him for what he's done? Do we wholeheartedly believe he can keep all those promises he made to his children? You may say yes but deep down in the recesses of your heart do you believe it? I'll admit I have trouble processing it! But I'm learning that the closer I am to God the more easily my trust in him becomes! God does keep his promises, its just realizing we have to take him at his word!