My favorite version of Psalm 31:14-15 is a translation written by Joyce Meyer in her book “The Secret Power of Speaking God’s Word”:
“I trust in, rely on, and am confident in you, O Lord.
I say, You are my God;
my times are in Your hands.”
I love, love, love that! I love it so much that I say it every morning when I start my prayer/quiet time with God. The reason I love it so much is because I so desperately need to say it that way. Don’t get me wrong, I truly mean the words and believe them 100%. Yet, I need to say those words every day because I need to be reminded of those words every day.
You see, I am human, and I need constant repetition. Without it – and even sometimes with it – I am self-will-run-riot. I want to run the world the way I see fit. I want all of you to recognize how important I am. I want to be – and believe I am – “the master of my fate and the captain of my soul.” Sadly, when that is how I’m roaming about, I am the only person I trust in or rely on. And, when I am the only person I trust in or rely on, all of my relationships suffer.
It is when I put my trust in God that I learn how to be trusting of others. It is when I rely on God that I learn how to rely on that still small voice within. And, it is when I am confident in God that I can be confident in the path that lies before me each day.
When I start each day with “You are my God; my times are in Your hands,” I am expressing my yearning for God to run the show. I am confirming with enthusiasm (not for God, but for me) that I am not in charge of my destiny. Yes, I play a part and I have free will to make choices in my life. But, I am also humbly aware that when I ask to be shown God’s will and then do my best to follow God’s will, what happens is in His hands and His time, not mine. And as I have seen that play out since I have started surrendering to His will, one day at a time, I am overwhelmingly grateful!
The bottom line is this: If I can trust in and rely on God, then I can trust in and rely on others, and others can trust in and rely on me; and that makes for good relationships.
Jessica L. Morris 
I can never get enuf on Trusting God…as I have trust issues and probably always will. Sometimes I trust with old shame issues. Eg: you don’t take that to God, it is not important enuf. Sometimes I play self-reliant & think I know better how to solve a problem. Sometimes old abuse issues play old tapes & tell me, you don’t deserve to learn trust! And the old fav, trusting God when it is easy vs. trusting God thru the tough & down & out times. Hmm.
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