Credibility

While I'm all sick and focused on medical issues, I'll stick with medical analogies. Suppose you were waiting for a heart transplant. You're extremely nervous and you express this to the doctor. The doctor replies "Hey man, don't worry! This is actually my first one so I'm really nervous too!" I think it's pretty safe to say that you would freak out and probably pass out at the thought of this guy 'practicing' on you. He may be a surgeon and has already made it through medical school but he lacks the one thing that you can't teach, inexperience.
Now suppose you were receiving a heart transplant and your surgeon was one of the most renowned in the nation. Now assume that this guy told you not to worry. Those words mean a lot more coming from a guy that knows what He's doing.

Psalm 46:10
"Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."

I've read this verse and I took it as "Relax, I'm God. You have no reason to worry." A few days ago, I began to connect this with who God is. How comforting a thought! There's so much credibility behind this statement due to the character of God. God, the one who is sovereign over all things, the one that created all things and knows all this, is telling you not to worry! Knowing about God's character makes trusting Him that much easier.

As I learn more about who God is, my eyes are being opened to new truths. I need to continue to seek who He is and His heart. I've been a Christian my entire life but the more God reveals to me about His character, the more I begin to see things in a new light.