I’ve spent enough hours on the ski slopes to know that the fastest way to wipe out is to stiffen up when you feel stressed. When the terrain gets rough or the ice gets slick, your instinct is to tighten every muscle, to fight the mountain, and to battle your way down. But to stay upright, you actually have to soften your body, move as one with the terrain, trusting what you feel under your feet.
In life, we do the exact same thing. When the landscape of our week gets messy—a chronic health issue flares up, a child is struggling, or work feels impossible—we tighten up. We think being “Unstoppable” means being the one who holds it all together.
But the best move we can make isn’t trying harder; it’s truly trusting.
The Psalmist captures this beautifully at the beginning of Psalm 62:
Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Truly isn’t really a word we use nowadays. But, it expresses what we need to do—with sincerity, to the fullest degree, completely, without doubt.
Pause for a minute on the meaning of the word “Truly” in the verses above. The word “Truly” is like that first deep breath you take when you realize what you need to do. It’s submission and dependence on God—moving as one with Him, relaxing and releasing the tension as you lean on Him. Like my experience on the mountain, it’s hard to do but necessary.
So many of our biblical counterparts learned to depend on God—Abraham, Joshua, David, to name a few. In the Gospels, the woman with bleeding was at the end of her rope, her financial resources, and her physical strength. She’d tried everything (Mark 5:25-26). She brought her desperation to Jesus. And Jesus didn’t call her weak. He called her daughter.
An Unstoppable Life isn’t about the strength to hold it all together; it’s about the willingness to let God hold you.
An Unstoppable Life isn’t about stiffening up to protect ourselves so we can get through when the going gets tough. It’s about the soul-rest of knowing we are anchored to a God who doesn’t move, even when we’re exhausted. Dependence on God isn’t a backup plan for when our efforts fail—it’s the only way to live when we want to truly be able to deal with the difficult terrain of our lives.
A Prayer to Truly Depend
Heavenly Father, I’m often tempted to see if I can manage my struggle on my own. Today, I’m placing everything at your feet. Like the Psalmist, I want to say: Truly, you are my rock and fortress. I will not be shaken when I trust in and depend on you. I rest in you rather than my ability to hold it all together. Thank you for being the Rock that stays still when my world is spinning. I commit to truly trusting in you today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Truly, HE is the same yesterday, today, and forever!