When Trust Costs You Everything

Trust sounds beautiful when we talk about it in church. It’s a word we sing in worship songs, something we say when we’re trying to encourage someone else. Just trust God. He’s got you.

But what happens when trust costs you?

Because real trust? The kind that isn’t just words but something you have to actually live-oh, it will cost you everything.

It will cost you your desire to control.

It will cost you your right to have the full picture before you take the next step.

It will cost you your own understanding, your carefully laid plans, your comfort.

It will cost you the safety of only following God when you know exactly where He’s leading.

Trust is surrender. And surrender is not easy.

I’ve spent half my life pushing through, hoping the next season would be easier. That maybe if I just got through this one battle, the next one wouldn’t be so hard. That if I could just hold on long enough, there’d be a point where trusting wouldn’t feel like a sacrifice.

But I never found that season.

Because trust is always going to require something of me.

It means holding on to God’s promise before I see it.

It means moving forward even when fear is screaming at me to stop.

It means staying faithful when nothing makes sense.

It means giving up my way for His.

And sometimes? That means losing things. Losing the version of life I thought I wanted. Losing the dream I built in my head. Losing relationships that couldn’t come with me where God was leading. Losing my right to understand why He allows certain things to happen.

Trust isn’t just believing in God when things are good. It’s believing in who He is when everything around you feels like it’s falling apart.

And yet-oh, lovely, this is the part I need you to hear-when trust costs you everything, it also gives you everything.

Because when you finally let go of control, you get peace.

When you surrender your need to understand, you get rest.

When you release your fear, you find freedom.

When you choose trust over certainty, you find Him.

And He is always, always worth it.

Trust will cost you. But what you gain? It’s beyond worth. It’s life. It’s joy. It’s a foundation that cannot be shaken.

And it’s the only way to truly live.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:5-6

This is the kind of faith I want to talk about—the real kind, the kind that stretches you, that costs something, but gives back even more. If you’re ready to go deeper, to have honest conversations about what trusting God really looks like, join me here.

Love, Sarah x

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