LETTER: Do you trust Him?

• Pastor Gerrit Mes of the AFM Pentecostal Fellowship writes:

This may shock many religious people.

I find many things in the Bible difficult to understand and almost impossible to put into practice. Things like, “First shall be last and last will be first”. My drive, my upbringing is to be first, best, tops. Nobody aims for silver or bronze. Gold is everything.

“Least will be greatest”, “If I want to be great, I must be a servant.” So, you can imagine how I struggle with a verse like, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart …”

We don’t trust many people. We don’t even always trust ourselves. How can we trust God? In fact, what does it mean to “trust God”?

For me it means letting go and that is not easy. I know I must trust him and I do. But, from time to time, I find myself taking over. Trusting is not natural or automatic, it is a process.

I cannot say that I have arrived. I am getting better, but it is an effort to really let go completely and trust God. For me it is learning to trust God in the little things and building my faith.

Think about it. Do you trust God? If so, you are blessed. Please be patient with the rest of us behind you in the process.

• Contact Pastor Mes on 087 802 5752.