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THE LORD DESIRES YOU
TO TRUST IN HIM COMPLETELY WITH YOUR LIFE AND ALL THAT CONCERNS YOU.
Isa 57:13 When you
cry out, Let
your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will
carry them all away,
A breath will take
them. but he who puts his
trust in Me shall possess the land, and
shall inherit My holy mountain."
NKJV
WHAT
DOES THE WORD TRUST IMPLY?
IN THE HEBREW THE WORD
IS ….
OT:2620
chacah (khaw-saw'); a
primitive root; to flee for protection [compare
OT:982];
figuratively, to confide in:
KJV - have hope, make
refuge, (put) trust.
(Biblesoft's New
Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible
Translators, Inc.)
TRUST IS A VERB, IT IS
A ACTION,
IT MEANS TO DO
SOMETHING WITHOUT FEAR OR MISGIVING.
AND TO TRUST IS A
CHOICE WE MAKE,
AND WHEN IT INVOLVES
GOD IT IS A CHOICE WE MAKE TO OBEY HIM.
AND ALSO A CHOICE TO
ALLOW HIM TO EMBRACE US WITH HIS LOVE AS WELL.
LET ME ASK YOU SOME
QUESTIONS….
DO YOU FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO TRUST IN OTHERS?
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
IN TRUSTING PEOPLE?
ARE YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR GUARD, WONDERING IF YOU WILL BE BETRAYED/
DO YOU MAKE YOURSELF
DIFFICULT TO LOVE?
DO YOU MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR OTHERS TO GET NEAR YOU AND SEE THE REAL YOU?
IF YOU REFUSE TO TRUST
GOD, THIS COULD AFFECT OTHER RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE.
SO MANY TIMES OUR
EARTHLY RELATIONSHIPS PARE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FATHER GOD/
IN
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
WE ARE CALLED TO WALK BY FAITH,
AND THIS REQUIRES
TRUSTING GOD.
2 Corinthians 5:7
for we walk by faith, not by sight—NAS
YOU MUST WALK BY
BELIEVING THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL IN SPITE OF TRIALS THAT YOU ARE WALKING
THROUGH TODAY.
YOU MUST BELIEVE IN
THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS POWER IN YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ACTUALLY SEEING IT
FIRST.
FAITH IS THE ABILITY
TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT HAVE YET TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN THE
PHYSICAL REALM.
IT IS IN THE SPIRIT
REALM BUT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THIS FLESHLY BODY, SOMETIMES IN OUR
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING WE DESIRE TO SEE IT FIRST BEFORE WE BELIEVE IT.
THIS WILL REQUIRE A
TRUST IN THE LORD, THAT PARES WITH
THE TRUST A YOUNG
CHILD GIVES A PARENT.
Psalms 20:7 Some
trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
(from New International Version)
TRUST IN THE FATHERS
LOVE, IN HIS ABILITY AS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, TO CARE AND PROTECT US.
TRUSTING IN THE FATHER
MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE HIS
LOVE.
THIS IS BECAUSE TO
TRUST SOMEONE IS TO LOVE THEM.
Ps
13:5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
(from
New International Version)
LOVE
" The two Greek words
for "love" are distinct: fileoo, the love of impulse, ardent affection
and feeling;
agapaoo, the love of
esteem, regard.
(from Fausset's Bible
Dictionary, Electronic Database Copyright (c)1998 by Biblesoft)
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY
DEFINES AN ARDENT LOVE IS
CHARACTERIZED BY
WARMTH OF FEELING, PASSIONATE, FIERY HOT GLOWING.
THIS TYPE OF LOVE IS
WHAT OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN LONGS TO POUR OUT ON HIS CHILDREN
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD gives grace and glory; No good
thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
NAS
IT IS HIS LOVE FOR YOU
THAT WILL FORM A BOND OF TRUST IN YOUR WALK WITH HIM.
ONE OF THE PLACES WE
MUST LEARN TO TRUST GOD IS WITH YOUR AND MINE CHILDREN.
THE INSTINCT OF A
PARENT IS TO HOVER OVER YOUR CHILDREN BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO TURN THEM
OVER TO GOD AND ALLOW HIM TO WORK IN THEIR LIVES.
YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS THEIR GOD TOO.
HE IS A BETTER PARENT
THAT WE COULD EVER BE.
ALL HE REQUIRES OF US
IS TO DO THE BEST WE CAN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN
OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORD AND LET HIM DO THE REST.
INTERCEDE AND BELIEVE
AND TRUST IN THE LORD.
THERE IS A VEIL THAT
WILL KEEP US FROM WALKING IN A COMPLETE TRUST IN GOD.
THIS VEIL MANIFESTS
ITSELF IN A SUBTLE WAY.
AND THIS IS THE VEIL
OF PRIDE.
TO TRUST IN THE LORD,
IS TO CAST ALL BURDENS AND YOUR ANXIETIES ON THE OMNIPOTENT GOD.
TRUST IN THE LORD IS
TO HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE HIM.
1 Peter 5:5 You
younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe
yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the
proud, but gives grace to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves,
therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the
proper time,
7 casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He
cares for you. NAS
WHEN
PETER TELLS US TO HUMBLE OURSELVES, HE GOES ON
TO TELL US IN A WAY
THAT FEW SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SAYING.
WE HUMBLE OURSELVES BY
CASTING OUR ANXIETY ON GOD, BECAUSE WE KNOW HE CARES ABOUT US.
THIS REQUIRES TRUST.
ANXIETY OR WORRY IS A
FORM OF PRIDE.
IT BASICALLY MEANS
THAT WE BELIEVE OUR PROBLEMS ARE TO BIG FOR GOD, SO WE THINK WE MUST
DEAL WITH THEM ON OUR OWN.
WHEN YOU HUMBLE
YOURSELF BEFORE SOMEONE, YOU ARE SAYING I TRUST YOU TO CARE FOR ME AND
NOT ABUSE ME.
WE CAST OUR WORRIES ON
HIM, BECAUSE WE KNOW HE LOVES.
WE TRUST HIM TO
INTERVENE AND TO PROTECT US.
AND WE KNOW THIS
BECAUSE THE CROSS-PROVED HIS LOVE.
TRUST IS A VERB, MEANS
TO PUT YOUR FAITH IN ACTION.
GOD PUT IN ACTION HIS
FAITH BY SENDING HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO DIE ON THE CROSS AND REDEEM
US.
HE PROVED HE TRUSTED
US WITH THE CROSS.
TRUST IS BRED FROM
LIVING CLOSE TO HIM AND WALKING INTIMATELY WITH HIM.
Psalms
56:4 In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be
afraid.
What can mere man do to me? NAS
Ps
91:2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!" NAS
WHEN A PERSON HAS BEEN
LET DOWN BY MORTALS, WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ONCE AGAIN TRUST SOMEONE.
UNFORTUNATELY IT CAN
BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH GOD.
BUT GOD IS NOT A
MORTAL.
Numbers
23:19
"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should
repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will
He not make it good? NAS
JESUS WILL NEVER LET
US DOWN, HE IS THE ONLY ONE WE CAN TRUST TO ALWAYS KEEP HIS WORD.
WE
MUST KEEP OUR EYES ON HIM, NOT MAN.
MAN WILL LET YOU DOWN,
BUT GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.
Jer. 17:7
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD
And whose trust is the LORD. NAS
YOUR
ALREADY AHEAD IN THE BATTLE
JUST FOR TRUSTING HIM!
John
10:1-30
Our Lord introduces
this discourse in a most solemn manner, Verily, verily!-
Amen, amen!-it is
true, it is true!-a Hebraism for, This is a most important and
interesting truth; a truth of the utmost concern to mankind. At all
times our Lord speaks what is infallibly true; but when he delivers any
truths with this particular asseveration, it is either,
1. Because they are
of greater importance; or,
2. Because the mind
of man is more averse from them; or,
3. Because the small
number of those who will practice them may render them incredible.
Quesnel.
(from Adam Clarke's
Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1996 by Biblesoft)
AS THE GOOD SHEPHERD
HE IS INSTILLING A TRUST IN THOSE THAT WILL HEAR THIS MESSAGE.
HE IS THE GOOD AND
GREAT SHEPHERD, ONE TO BE TRUSTED.
YOU ARE SAFE IN HIS
HANDS, AND WHATEVER YOU FACE KNOW THAT FATHER GOD IS THERE IN THE MIDST
OF YOUR STRUGGLE
John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have
come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the
sheep. ; I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of
my hand. (from New International Version)
AS
YOU CONTINUE YOUR WALK WITH JESUS, YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY MEET TRIALS THAT
WILL TEST YOUR TRUST IN HIM. AND
I KNOW THAT GOD WILL SEE YOU THRU. MAY GOD BLESS YOU!! |