Putting Our Trust In God

These last few weeks have been very trying for us during this adoption. The political unrest between Russia and Georgia and our economy have constantly been on my mind. However, I have also been clinging to the Lord's promise that He will provide everything we need for this adoption.
I find myself asking, "do I put my trust in God or in circumstances?" These circumstances are out of my control and it doesn't make sense to worry over things that I can do nothing about. The only reason I can say this is because God is in control. He has been orchestrating this adoption for over 12 years, when I first realized my desire to adopt a child. He will continue to orchestrate this adoption until we bring our daughter home.
Acts 19:23-41 is a great example of what happens when we try to control our circumstances through creating fear instead of trusting God. In Ephesus, there was a silversmith named Demetrius who made a living making silver shrines of Artemis, the Greek goddess. However, there were many citizens not only in Ephesus, but in all of Asia, who were converting to Christianity and no longer supported this trade. Demetrius' reaction to the loss of money was to create fear in other people. He successfully gathered a mob of people together and began a riot that eventually included all the citizens of Ephesus. What is really interesting is that the majority of people rioting didn't know what they were rioting about.
Demetrius tried to control the circumstances by creating fear. Does that sound familiar? I think I can relate that to what the media does to us. While I do like to stay up to date on what is happening around the world, I find that it is easy to get caught up in the mix and live in fear of things that cannot be controlled. I don't know how I would stay sane if I put my trust in circumstances. However, putting my trust in God is a choice and with all that is going on in my own life and around the world, that is a choice I have to make daily.