REXBURG—Today's BYU-Idaho devotional speaker spoke about trusting God in all life circumstances, even when it is difficult. She taught that each person can trust that God has a plan if they are willing to wait on the Lord.
Tiffany Savage-Humphreys, a religion professor at BYU-Idaho, experienced many times where she had to trust in God and His eternal plans. Her message reminded students of the plan God has for each one of them.
In life it is natural to set certain timeframes for life events, however, Savage-Humphreys said this is not how God’s plans work.
When Savage-Humphreys was 18, her father was diagnosed with cancer. It was heartbreaking for her family; and she had no desire to leave for college anymore.
“Our bishop came to give [me and my sisters] blessings,” Savage-Humphreys. “I'll never forget when he said, ‘Tiffany, you are to continue your plans to go to college.’”
It was an answer from God, but not one that was easy to accept at the time. Savage-Humphreys, with faith, attended BYU-Idaho that semester. In this difficult time, she immersed herself in the scriptures and was strengthened by the examples of the women she found there.
“That's what I love about the women in the scriptures, especially the women of the Abrahamic covenant, they show us that pattern of trusting in God and believing in Him, even when things don't go the way you think it's going to go or in the timing you think,” Savage-Humphreys said in a BYU-Idaho Radio interview.
In the scriptures, Savage-Humphreys learned God promised Abraham and Sarah a son to fulfill the Abrahamic covenant. Sarah was 65 years old; she didn’t have Isaac until she was 90 years old. She had to wait for that promised blessing.
“Mortality is not about proving ourselves to God,” Savage-Humphreys said. “It is about discovering who we really are.”
Savage-Humphreys taught that God already knows each of his children, He knows what each son and daughter can become if they follow Him. Because Abraham and Sarah trusted the Lord, their posterity brought the blessings of God to the world.
These examples gave Savage-Humphreys strength in her life and in His plans. She learned so much in that first semester. She went on to teach seminary and institute for 11 years before accepting a job at BYU-Idaho in 2018. Her father survived cancer. For so long she wanted a family, she believed in the promises of God. In 2024, Savage-Humphreys married her husband.
“It was those women who I would often think of,” Savage-Humphreys said in a BYU-Idaho Radio interview. “And they would give me the strength to be like, ‘OK, they trusted the Savior, they trusted God, and if they can do it, I can do it.’”
Savage-Humphreys invited students to remain faithful to their covenants as they move forward in faith. Trust in God and his plans, “God has not forgotten you,” Savage-Humphreys said.