^{Ava Case, 2023 Camp Wakonda Staff}

This world purposes to teach us to doubt what God says. To not take Him at his word, and to instead put a different meaning to it, or reject it altogether. This world trains us from birth to trust in human devices; government, doctors, money, and any number of other things.

But we were born to trust God.

Even before we were born, He created us to be fully one with Him in our hearts. Through everything, He is there, holding out a hand to us, waiting for us to trust Him. He is more than simply love. He is truth. He is dependable. He is strong enough. And He loves us, and loves for us to trust what He says.

Don’t wait to shut off the noise around you that this world causes to distract you and make you doubt what God says. Don’t wait until you feel like you can. Trust is not a feeling; it is a choice. You can choose to trust Him now. Look at all the things He has done in the past. Not one promise has been forgotten. All that He has said He would do, He has done. He will not fail now. He is trustworthy in this crazy world. “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But let him trust, and not doubt, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed in the wind.” ~James 1: 5-6.

God is the anchor in the storm. Hold tightly to Him, and you will not be like that wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. He is a rock to stand on, and when He is on your side, holding you tight, nothing can stand against you.

Ava Case, 2023 Camp Wakonda Staff