July 30

Commit thy way and trust

“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass” (Psa. 37:5).
“For we which have believed do enter into rest” (Heb. 4:3).

We must understand that faith is rest. In the beginning of the faith-life, faith is struggling; but as long as faith is struggling, faith has not attained its strength. But when faith in its struggling gets to the end of itself, and just throws itself upon God, and rests on Him, then comes joy and victory.
—Andrew Murray.

Commit thy way unto the Lord—and trust!
Ah! it is here we fail. We give the wheel
Of our small bark to Him; but then we thrust
Our hand upon His hand,
And dare to stand
Beside our Master, lest He wreck our keel.

Commit thy way unto the Lord—and trust!
There is an “also” we too oft forget,
And so are plagued and worried. Oh, we must
“Trust also,” then our soul
Shall cease to roll
In restlessness and reason and regret.

Commit thy way unto the Lord and trust!
Leave all to Him; believe He knows thy course,
Thy dangers and thy safety—all—then just
Abandon all to Him.
So shalt thou skim,
Borne briskly on before the Spirit’s force.

Trust Him to manage all that thou dost now
Commit to Him—the ship—the sails—the sea—
The sailors, thy strange crew. And ask not how
He will do all for thee,
But trustful be.
Lie down and rest from anxious worry free.
—William Luff (Evangelical Christian).

“The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea” (Psa. 93:4).

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