Jesus, I trust in You

Do you trust in God?

Stop for a moment and answer honestly. Do you trust in God, or do you just say you trust? A few days ago I spoke with Sofia. With an anguished look, agitated breathing and a face unhinged by pain, she told me about her situation: nothing was right, her son was a slave to drugs (crystal meth), her brother was an alcoholic, she was devastated and her husband was distant and cold. She told me she was tired of praying and not getting an answer. I asked her if she trusted in God and she answered yes... then she hesitated and added: “the truth is that I don't, I don't trust Him, I have come to doubt if He exists”. 

Don't wait for a miracle to believe in God...believe in God, and you will see what miracles are!

In a world that pushes us to be in control of everything - results, times, relationships, the future - to speak of trust in God may sound, to some, like evasion or passivity. However, authentic Christian trust is far from being inaction. Nor is it anxious hyperactivity. It is, rather, a mature and serene way of living life.

Trusting in God does not mean to stop doing what we are responsible for, but to do it with responsibility... and to let go of the result. It is to recognize with humility that there is a part that is ours to decide, to act, to make an effort, and another part that is not in our hands. And that is precisely where trust begins.

In faith, we live sustained by the certainty that we are not adrift. Our life is not the fruit of chance, but rests in the hands of a Father who loves and who is infinitely wise. Therefore, trust does not eliminate difficulties, but it does transform the way we face them.

Saint Thomas More He expressed it with disarming lucidity: “Nothing can happen to me that God does not want. And whatever He wills, no matter how bad it may seem to us, is in reality the best. This affirmation is not naivety or denial of pain; it is a profound conviction of faith that allows us to go through uncertainty without losing peace.

Sacred Scripture reinforces this interior attitude: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

To trust, then, is to walk doing what is in our hands - with diligence, prudence and virtue - and to leave what we cannot control in God's hands. It is to act without overflowing anxiety, without falling into the illusion of omnipotence that wears out the soul so much.

From the behavioral sciences, we know that much of anxiety comes from the need for control and catastrophic anticipation of the future. The mind, when uneducated, tends to imagine negative scenarios and react as if they were already real. This triggers stress responses that affect our bodies, our decisions and our relationships.

This is where trust in God also becomes profoundly healing. It does not replace personal work, but it guides it. Learning to guard our thoughts, to question irrational interpretations and to focus on the present are fundamental practices for mental health. And they all find a natural echo in the spiritual life.

As I said St. Francis de SalesThe measure of love is to love without measure. And he who knows he is loved by God learns, little by little, to rest in that love, even in the midst of uncertainty.

Trust does not eliminate responsibility: it purifies it. It allows us to act with serenity instead of impulsiveness, with clarity instead of fear. It removes us from anxiety, from despair, from the inner exhaustion that comes from wanting to control everything.

St. Ignatius of Loyola also summed it up with a formula that perfectly unites faith and action: “Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God”.

Be prepared for the issue you are suffering from (addictions), act courageously by doing the right thing, set limits, offer means, keep praying but without anguish. Convinced that the good end will come because God is a Father who loves and is infinitely wise.

Saying “Jesus, I trust in You” is not an empty devotional phrase. It is a daily decision. It is choosing peace over anguish, hope over fear, surrender over control.

It is, in short, to walk through life with a firm step... and a peaceful heart.