Why is it so hard to believe Christ and trust him completely?

Christ wants to give us his life and spirit, and if we look to him for only a moment, our hearts tell us: Here is one we can trust.

Yet each of us knows feelings of fear and anxiety. Something in us seeks Christ, and at the same time something in us wants to serve self and is unwilling to surrender to him completely. But that is what we must do, for the gospel says “trust and believe.”

It is not enough to give Christ what is good in us, or to give him our sins, or to bring him our burdens. He wants our entire selves. If we do not give ourselves to him completely—if we hold on to our reservations—we will never find the full inner freedom and peace promised in the Gospel.

We must give Christ our innermost being.