You (Part 4 of 5)
St. Faustina’s feast day is October 5th. So this week we're unpacking the prayer Jesus revealed to St. Faustina: "Jesus, I trust in you." Each day we'll reflect on the power and meaning contained in these five simple words.
"Jesus, I trust in you."
Jesus, I trust in you.
You. Not "it." Not "the universe." Not "the process" or "the plan" or "the way things work out."
You.
God is a person. There's a relationship here. This isn't like trusting gravity to work or the sun to rise—trusting impersonal forces that operate according to natural law.
This is trusting someone who knows your name, who sees your face, who hears your voice when you call out in the middle of the night.
Someone who can be grieved or delighted. Someone who remembers and chooses and loves.
When we trust in Jesus, we're not just relying on cosmic principles or hoping the universe will somehow work in our favor. We're entrusting ourselves to a Person who is intimately involved in our lives.
He's not a distant force managing things from afar. He's Emmanuel—God with us. Present, personal, engaged.
This changes everything about trust. Because persons can be reasoned with. Persons can show mercy. Persons can surprise you with their love.
You can have a relationship with a person in ways you never could with a principle.
The prayer reminds us that at the heart of our faith is not a philosophy or a system, but a relationship. Not with an "it," but with a "You."
A You who loves us beyond measure.