Anyone who knows me knows that I love Disney movies, specifically any Disney movie that involves a princess. As of late God has been speaking to me through the Disney movie Aladdin.
Everyone knows the part where Aladdin is standing on his magic carpet hovering above Jasmine’s balcony and asks her the pivotal question, “Do you trust me?” She answers yes and he whisks her away on a magic carpet ride into a whole new world. It’s a beautiful cinematic moment and has given me ridiculously high standards for dates. Anyway…
Since I’ve gotten to Thailand, and even before really, God has been asking, “Do you trust me?” And my answer, I thought, was an automatic, yes!
And it was…for the most part. I trusted God in theory and my brain was completely on board with the whole trusting God thing, but my heart wasn’t convinced. I didn’t trust God enough to jump on his magic carpet and let him show me a whole new world.
So after discovering my trust issue, I searched for the cause of why? Why in the world would I not trust God fully with everything I have and everything I am?? And it turns out I was doubting God’s goodness. And then it turns out I was just sitting on this huge pile of lies about who God is and his character and how that translates to me as his daughter. It was messsssssyyyyy to work through, but SO good on the other side.
Because now that I KNOW God is good (and that He is good ALL of the time) I can fully trust Him. And I think the degree to which you trust God is directionally proportionate to the degree that you can step out in faith. And who doesn’t want to step out in faith?? Every epic story in the Bible begins with a step of faith and trusting God. The stories that don’t include those elements aren’t really worth telling!
And I want a story worth telling! I want to fly on the magic carpet, kill those giants, split those seas, and feed the thousands! And I want to do it because I can’t do any of it without fully trusting and faithfully relying upon God.
So “yes” is now really and truly my answer to God’s question “Do you trust me?” And I’m ready for whatever that may mean.
