How I learned to trust God in spite of life's challenges

Like most people, I have had my moments when life was great and everything was going well. In those moments, trusting God came easy. Who wouldn't want to rely on someone when that person is clearly working things out in your favor?

The problem started as soon as challenges appeared. I noticed that trusting God was nothing in the good times but somehow I couldn't find it in me to trust Him when I was broke, sad, depressed or just going through a rough patch. Immediately a new challenge came up, I would go back to worrying and thinking of everyone else but God to help me out.

How God is teaching me to trust Him

This continued for many years until something crazy happened. Last year, I was terribly broke, so broke that I didn't have money to get home after work. I had known this was going to happen, had even tried to stop but nothing had worked so when this day finally came, I was a worried mess looking for a way out.

On this fateful day, I was in my seat freaking out when I got an unexpected call from my mum. After exchanging pleasantries, she asked, 'Inem, is everything okay?' Not wanting to bother her with my 'wahala', I replied, 'Yes, mummy, I'm good.' Her response left me speechless.

She said she was calling because her colleague had dreamt about me. She told me the colleague had seen me in his dream pacing around, worrying about something and that God had told him to tell my mum to tell me to relax.

Note- I barely know this guy, he didn't even know my name, so why would God disturb this poor guy's sleep just to get me to relax? Hearing this blew my mind. Who am I that God would care this much about me and my wahala? This is not the first time I have seen God's work in my life but this particular experience kept me stunned for a while.

This experience started the slow, but gradual process of trusting God. It showed me that God really does love and care about me. Now anytime I am tempted to freak out, I remind myself to relax and trust God who is able and willing to do exceedingly above all I could think to ask (Ephesians 3:20). Besides, I don't want him to bother someone with another dream because of small me and my wahala.