Trust In God
In verse 2 of Psalm 91 in the Amplified Bible we read:
I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
Today we are going to talk about trusting the Lord and delighting ourselves in Him. Trust is something that human beings in this present-day world seem to be lacking. And what is the reason for that? They are depending on themselves and other people. And every person in one’s life, including yourself, will let you down at some time. Why is that? We don’t have the ability within our own flesh to consistently do what we say we will do. Even the most reliable person will forget or not do what they said they will do. BUT GOD! But God in you and me will make us trustworthy, will give us reason to trust again.
I talk to and see people when I am ministering that I know do not trust the Lord. They have this wonderful façade that they have built up to supposedly fool people into thinking that they have it all together when the truth is that they are hurting big time. They don’t want anybody to know this, because they think it would make them appear less than successful in life. Facades will never take the place of the confidence of the Lord.
And how do we get this confidence in the Lord? How do we learn to trust? It is a step-by-step process and develops over a period of time. We learn to trust again by deliberately, on purpose going to the scriptures and finding those passages that speak of trusting the Lord and having confidence in Him. We meditate on those scriptures until they become reality in our lives. The Word is always the answer. Ask the Lord to help you. Spend time with Him, even when you don’t feel like it. Develop a relationship with Him. How? If nothing else, sit and read scriptures out loud and then sit quietly for a few moments and focus on how good God is to you. You say that you don’t think He is good to you. You are alive, aren’t you? You’re breathing, aren’t you? There is always something for which to be thankful. Look for things for which you can give thanks. You can eat. You can walk. You can see. You can hear. You can talk.
My dad, who is 88 years old is blind in one eye and deaf in one ear and the “good” eye is having a few challenges these days and the “good” ear is having some challenges. But when I go to see him, he is so full of cheerfulness and says that he has good legs to walk and a good eye to see and a good ear to hear. He doesn’t complain. He finds things that are good about his life and focuses on those. He is such an example for all of us to take a pattern in our life.
Let’s look for a moment at Psalm 37:3-5 in the Amplified Bible. In fact, if you get a chance today, read the whole Psalm. It is truly about trusting the Lord and the blessings that follow that trusting.
Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.
What do we see in these verses? When we trust in the Lord, when we lean on Him, when we rely on Him, when we are confident in Him and also do good, we shall dwell in His place of goodness and faithfulness to us. We shall be fed with His bountiful abundance in every area of our lives.
When we delight ourselves in Him, He will place within our hearts those desires that He wants for us and then fulfill them.
When we commit our life to Him, and that means to roll all our cares, worries, concerns, anxieties on Him, He will bring to pass in our lives His full life, the fullness of life. When we trust Him, when we lean on Him, when we rely on Him, when we are confident in Him, He will bring to pass a fully rich and abundant life for us. That means a life of health, prosperity (success: achieving the highest possible), well-being, love, joy, peace, healthy relationships, healthy marriages, children who are taught of the Lord—that kind of life is ours when we trust the Lord.
I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
Today we are going to talk about trusting the Lord and delighting ourselves in Him. Trust is something that human beings in this present-day world seem to be lacking. And what is the reason for that? They are depending on themselves and other people. And every person in one’s life, including yourself, will let you down at some time. Why is that? We don’t have the ability within our own flesh to consistently do what we say we will do. Even the most reliable person will forget or not do what they said they will do. BUT GOD! But God in you and me will make us trustworthy, will give us reason to trust again.
I talk to and see people when I am ministering that I know do not trust the Lord. They have this wonderful façade that they have built up to supposedly fool people into thinking that they have it all together when the truth is that they are hurting big time. They don’t want anybody to know this, because they think it would make them appear less than successful in life. Facades will never take the place of the confidence of the Lord.
And how do we get this confidence in the Lord? How do we learn to trust? It is a step-by-step process and develops over a period of time. We learn to trust again by deliberately, on purpose going to the scriptures and finding those passages that speak of trusting the Lord and having confidence in Him. We meditate on those scriptures until they become reality in our lives. The Word is always the answer. Ask the Lord to help you. Spend time with Him, even when you don’t feel like it. Develop a relationship with Him. How? If nothing else, sit and read scriptures out loud and then sit quietly for a few moments and focus on how good God is to you. You say that you don’t think He is good to you. You are alive, aren’t you? You’re breathing, aren’t you? There is always something for which to be thankful. Look for things for which you can give thanks. You can eat. You can walk. You can see. You can hear. You can talk.
My dad, who is 88 years old is blind in one eye and deaf in one ear and the “good” eye is having a few challenges these days and the “good” ear is having some challenges. But when I go to see him, he is so full of cheerfulness and says that he has good legs to walk and a good eye to see and a good ear to hear. He doesn’t complain. He finds things that are good about his life and focuses on those. He is such an example for all of us to take a pattern in our life.
Let’s look for a moment at Psalm 37:3-5 in the Amplified Bible. In fact, if you get a chance today, read the whole Psalm. It is truly about trusting the Lord and the blessings that follow that trusting.
Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.
What do we see in these verses? When we trust in the Lord, when we lean on Him, when we rely on Him, when we are confident in Him and also do good, we shall dwell in His place of goodness and faithfulness to us. We shall be fed with His bountiful abundance in every area of our lives.
When we delight ourselves in Him, He will place within our hearts those desires that He wants for us and then fulfill them.
When we commit our life to Him, and that means to roll all our cares, worries, concerns, anxieties on Him, He will bring to pass in our lives His full life, the fullness of life. When we trust Him, when we lean on Him, when we rely on Him, when we are confident in Him, He will bring to pass a fully rich and abundant life for us. That means a life of health, prosperity (success: achieving the highest possible), well-being, love, joy, peace, healthy relationships, healthy marriages, children who are taught of the Lord—that kind of life is ours when we trust the Lord.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:16 PM
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