Can I Trust Him With That?
There is a question that most of us have asked at some point, usually in the middle of a sleepless night or during a season of life that feels like it is unraveling. The question is simple but cuts to the core of our faith: Can I trust God with this?
Not with life in general. Not with the easy stuff. But with this specific thing, the one that keeps your mind racing, the one you have been gripping tightly because letting go feels more dangerous than holding on.
That question deserves an honest answer, and the answer begins with understanding what stability actually is.
We Have Stability Backwards
Most of us define a stable life the same way. There is enough money in the bank. Health is good. Relationships are solid. The future feels predictable. Comfort is the measuring stick, and when life delivers comfort, we call it stability.
But what if that definition is completely wrong?
What if the most stable place you could ever be in your life is not a place of comfort at all, but rather a place of complete trust in Jesus, even when everything around you feels uncertain? True stability is not the absence of storms. It is having a foundation that holds when the storms arrive, and storms will always arrive.
Project Know Your Neighbor: How God Is Calling You to the People Right Outside Your Door
There is a quiet revolution available to every believer, and it does not require a platform, a ministry title, or a theological degree. It begins with something as simple as learning the name of the person who lives next door.
We live in an age of unprecedented connection and yet staggering loneliness. People are turning to artificial intelligence for companionship and conversation. Neighborhoods that once hummed with front porch interaction have gone silent. We pull into our driveways, walk through our front doors, and lock the world out. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, followers of Jesus have quietly stopped being salt and light in the most immediate mission field they have: the eight or ten homes that surround their own.
Romans 1:16 declares that the gospel is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes. That power is not meant to be contained within church walls on a Sunday morning. It is meant to flow outward, carried by ordinary people into ordinary neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities. The question is not whether God wants to move in the lives of the people around you. The question is whether you are willing to be the one he moves through.
You Are Already a Preacher
One of the most liberating and challenging truths in Scripture is that sharing the gospel is not reserved for professionals. Romans 10:14 asks how people can believe in someone they have never heard about, and how they can hear without someone speaking to them. That someone is you.
Being an evangelist simply means being someone who shares the good news. And the good news is not just a theological argument. It is your story. It is the moment God gave you peace in the middle of chaos. It is the prayer that got answered. It is the season you walked through something devastating and came out the other side with hope still intact. Nobody can argue with your story. Nobody can debate what God has done in your own life.
Sharing your faith can be as simple as saying, "I've been praying through it," when a coworker asks how you are handling a hard situation. It can be a scripture verse posted on social media. It can be a sentence that cracks open a door: "My faith has really carried me through seasons like that." Small statements create space for deeper conversations, and deeper conversations create space for Jesus.
You Are Chosen, Appointed, and Called to Work
There is something deeply human about closing words. When a conversation is running short on time, when a letter is drawing to its end, we instinctively reach for what matters most. We say the things we most want the other person to carry with them. The final chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans is exactly that kind of moment. And what Paul chooses to say in those final verses is worth sitting with carefully, because it is not just a message for the early church. It is a message for anyone who calls themselves a follower of Jesus today.
A Community That Worked Together
Romans 16 is often skimmed over. It is a long list of names, and it is easy to assume there is nothing there for us. But slow down for a moment and look at what those names represent. These were real men and women, slaves and officials, Jews and Gentiles, who loved Jesus and gave their lives to the work of the gospel. Paul calls some of them "fellow workers," a word rooted in the Greek concept of synergy, the idea that people working together can accomplish something far greater than any one of them could alone.
That is not just an interesting historical footnote. It is a picture of what the church is supposed to look like. Every person in that list had a part to play. And the same is true today. Every believer is called to be part of God's work. Not just pastors, not just those with official titles, but every single person who has placed their faith in Jesus.