Totally backwards.... But Why?

I was talking to friend today, and it was about this quote... 

   I started laughing about it when I read it. All I could picture was me being the passenger on the train. I pictured me... Throwing away the ticket and jumping off the train when it just went through a dark tunnel.

How silly is that?

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   In a couple weeks, I will be headed to the unknown lands of Ecuador to minister to some of the people there. I will be with a team of eight other people...

  We will be flying there. We trust the pilot to get us to our destination safely. Why?

  The pilot is a human just like we are. We fail. The pilot can fail. He can make a mistake in flying...
Yet, we trust the pilot...

   How come then, we can't trust God like that? God loves us. The pilot doesn't really care about us. God knows us. The pilot doesn't. God has an amazing plan and NEVER makes mistakes in his planning. The pilot of the plane can.

   Does that seem odd to anyone else besides me?

  We can put our faith and trust into people... Perfect strangers... Yet, how come we struggle with putting that same faith and trust into God?

   God never makes a mistake in his plans for us. Every plan is different and flawless. If we put the same faith and trust into him as we do into perfect strangers (like the Pilot), imagine how different our lives would look.

   Doesn't that seem backwards?
 
   Shouldn't we be more afraid of perfect strangers that we are trusting than we should be of God?

   It is backwards. It never will make sense until we get to heaven. But, I do know this. Even though we fail every day at trusting God with something in our lives, God is always there when we need him. He still loves us, and he still offers us the free, undeserved, amazing grace...

   Some encouragement today:
   Accept God's outstretched hand. Have peace in knowing that God's grace is enough. Know that you are not a failure. God still has an amazing plan for you!! Even though his plans may seem to go against everything you've learned or your way of life.... Go for it! It is the best.