Trusting God's Advice

The other day I was over at a resort snowboarding. As always I was working on learning new tricks or improving ones I already knew. This day I decided I would finally try and land my first switch backside 540 single cork. Now I'm sure that means little to you who are reading this, but just see where I'm going.

I had tried the trick last year at the end of the season and this year I attempted it before, but I kept on landing on my stomach. One day I decided to ask one of the guys I knew could cork for some tips and suggestions. I found out that one of the main things I was doing wrong was I would open up and let my arms and legs out. What I needed to do instead was to keep my body compressed.

This is what I thought and how I felt while trying to land this trick. - I was ready to take off and it all felt pretty comfortable, I was confidant, and had faith in the advise I was given. As I left the snow and flipped around in the air my thoughts started to change, I started to feel uncomfortable I started to doubt whether I was doing it right, I doubted whether or not the advice I was given was correct. I decided to trust my fears and think I was right and knew what I was doing. I opened up and once again practically fell on my stomach almost getting the trick, but still too far away to land.

Recently I have happened to realize that the process I went through while flipping in the air is very much like a process I go through in life.

I read God's Word and see how He is so good those He loves. I realize that I can trust Him with my life, He knows what is best for me. Then when I have my newfound trust and faith in what God says in His word about His caring love, I go and try a "new trick". I realize that what God has said about His faithful care is true and it feels good, but then He does something I don't feel comfortable with. I then start to think that what I know is good, is good. However, God has a different plan that is so much better even if it doesn't seem so at first. If I start to trust myself and go my own way trusting in my own knowledge I will just belly flop again. However, if I decide to hang in there, have faith in what God is doing in my life I will come around and see that He was right all along. I will know that He is good. I will know I can trust Him with my life.

Are you going to trust God to care for you, or are you going to believe in yourself? We should profoundly realize that God knows best and He has the best planned for us. We may not see it that way because we don't normally like going through hard times, but in the end when you land, once again you will know that God greatly loves you. His purpose for your life is so much greater than any attempt at a good life we can make.