This season of life—stepping away from the workforce and navigating the uncertainties of long-term disability—has reminded me of how difficult it is to trust God when my expectations don’t match what is happening. I want things resolved quickly. I want clear answers. I want to fix what feels broken. Yet, the more I wrestle with it, the more I see that God is not asking me to scheme my way into security. He is asking me to trust Him.
From the very beginning, people have tried to find their own solutions apart from God. In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve reached for knowledge outside of God’s design. In Genesis 6, the people of Noah’s time lived only for themselves, ignoring God’s holiness. In Genesis 11, humanity tried to build a tower to reach heaven on their own terms. Every attempt failed—not because the desire for wisdom, safety, or unity was wrong—but because they were trying to get it without God.
We often fall into the same trap.
We work longer hours thinking if we just push a little harder, we can control the outcome. But Christ calls us to rest, not in idleness, but in His finished work. He reminds us that “apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
We devise alternatives and back-up plans, convinced that God might forget us or fail us. Yet Colossians 1:16–17 reminds us that in Him all things hold together. He doesn’t need a back-up plan—He already is the plan.
Some even turn to chance, like the lottery, hoping a windfall will solve financial struggles. But God doesn’t work by luck or randomness. Romans 5:6–11 tells us His love is certain, demonstrated in Christ dying for us while we were still weak. Nothing is more sure than that.
Isaiah 40:21–26 declares that the same God who calls every star by name is the God who holds our lives. Psalm 90 reminds us that before the mountains were formed, from everlasting to everlasting, He is God. Christ Himself is the eternal anchor when our expectations fall apart.
And here is the wonder: God doesn’t just hold the universe together in raw power—He holds us in perfect love. “God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” (1 John 4:16). His answer to our need was not a temporary fix, but His own Son.
Our schemes are exhausting. God’s way is life-giving. Our plans are temporary. God’s way is eternal.
Galatians 3:7–9 reminds us that true blessing comes by faith, just as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness. In the same way, our hope today is not in the systems of this world, but in Christ who has already secured our future.
So when I feel tempted to overwork, to scramble for my own solutions, or to trust in chance, I remember: God has already provided the ultimate solution in Christ. If He has solved my greatest need—my salvation—I can trust Him to meet every other need in His way and in His time.
God does not want my frantic schemes. He wants my trust. And in the end, that trust is never misplaced, because He alone is faithful.
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