Sometimes a thought can jog a memory. And when that memory happens to be a hymn, sometimes it is hard to get it out of your mind. That is the case for me with this week's hymn. This is one that we frequently sang in worship services as I was growing up. I can picture great saints that I have known singing this with gusto because they had experienced the reality of the message in their daily living. And, the older I get, the more the truth of this great hymn speaks to me. How else can one face the challenges of everyday living but by trusting Jesus for each moment? What a thrill to realize that He knows our today and our future and we are safe in His care - even when our faith is small. Trusting Jesus, that is all. This is a hymn that is completely American in background. Edgar Stites, author of the words, was a direct descendant of John Howland, one of the Mayflower's passengers. Active in the Civil War, he was later a riverboat pilot and then a missionary to the frontier churches in South Dakota. His hymn poem first appeared in a newspaper and was handed to the American evangelist D. L. Moody. In turn, Moody gave it to his soloist and song leader, Ira D. Sankey, asking him to set it to music. In his book, Sankey's Story of the Gospel Hymns, the singer says, "I assented, on condition that he should vouch for the doctrine taught in the verses, and he said he would". And with that a great hymn was written that has encouraged believers for many decades. Hopefully this is your testimony. So are you facing some challenges or some stormy ways today? If not now, possibly you will tomorrow. We all experience them at times in our life. Then rest in the knowledge and experience that He does know all about it and He will guide you and comfort you as you trust Him. Who better to trust. But we also need to trust Him and acknowledge Him in the good days, "singing if my path is clear". As the writer concludes, "Trusting Him while life shall last, Trusting Him till earth be past; Till within the jasper wall, Trusting Jesus, that is all." What a wonderful privilege it is to walk with Him and trust Him each moment of our lives.
1. Simply trusting every day,
Trusting through a stormy way;
Even when my faith is small,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate'er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
2. Brightly doth His Spirit shine
Into this poor heart of mine;
While He leads I cannot fall;
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate'er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
3. Singing if my way is clear,
Praying if the path be drear;
If in danger for Him call;
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate'er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
4. Trusting Him while life shall last,
Trusting Him till earth be past;
Till within the jasper wall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate'er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Listen to it here. LISTEN
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