Our money says “In God We Trust” but it
is hard to trust when everything seems to be caving in around us. Nothing looks
like it will turn out right. At times there is no evidence that God is even
with us so how can we trust in Him during calamitous times? In reality, we can
sometimes not even trust our eyes…but if there is anything in this universe you
can trust, it is God Almighty. It is the invisible hand that is placed in ours
that never lets go. Like a parent holding their child‘s hand, God is securely
caring for us, never letting us slip or fall: Jeremiah 17:5-7 “This is what the
LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere
flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD. That person will be like a bush
in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell
in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. “But
blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.”
God wants you to lean on Him and depend
on Him for everything. Proverbs 3:5 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your
heart, and lean not on your own understanding." See, God wants us to trust
Him, we won't understand everything in this life. I don't think we were ever
meant to understand everything in this life. God wants us to have faith in Him
and Hebrews 11:1 says "Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will
actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."
Our relationship with God has to be
built on a foundation of total trust and faith in the immutability of God's
promises. Unless we are willing to trust God implicitly in everything, we can
never become spirit-born members of His Family. Without complete faith in God
everything else is totally worthless (see verse 6). The Greek word here
translated as "the day star" is "PHOSPHOROS". This Greek
word has nothing whatsoever to do with either "day" or with
"star". The Greek word for "day" is "hemera", and
the Greek word for "star" is "aster". The word
"phosphoros" has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any kinds
of stars!
God’s word truly makes us understand
that everything is in His control, including our life and work. As long as we
have trust in Him and live by His words, we will see His blessings. As a
Christian, we have to make a judgement on everything by using His words and let
God’s word be the foundation of our life. All our material needs are provided
by God. The Bible tells the story of the prophet Elijah. When he hid himself by
the brook Cherith, God commanded ravens to bring food to him. I think we all
have such experiences. When we are touched by God’s love, we are willing to
expend for the Lord.
Enoch understood that God rewards those
who seek Him and trust Him with all their hearts. We trust what God does
because we trust Him, not the other way around. In other words, we trust God
even when He is silent and we see no miracles. That is part of faithfulness. We
know God is reliable, steadfast, and true. The Old Testament saints also had
faith in the invisible work of God (Hebrews 11:3). Abraham never saw his
descendants become “as numerous as the stars in the sky.” Moses never entered
the Promised Land. And none of the Old Testament saints lived to see their
Messiah. But they were faithful. They believed God would do as He
promised.
When we put our trust in anything, then
that becomes a god we are serving. The essence of serving God is that we are
trusting Him for every aspect of our salvation. If we trust in our bank
account, then that is our god. If we trust in an idol, as Israel did in their
high places, then that is our god. If we Likewise, if we trust in anything that
we have done as an assist or as a condition for our salvation, then that makes
these works, doctrines, ceremonies, or the church itself our god.
Yet, it doesn't have to be this way.
This doesn't mean that we blindly trust everything and everyone. Trust is a
response. A response to what happens to us first. It is in our nature to offer
the possibility of trust to others when we receive something first. In
theology, we talk about this in terms of the idea that God gives us faith
first, and we respond in trust. God always keeps God's promises and so we
respond to God's call in our lives with trust — trust that God has our best
interest in mind, regardless of how circumstances may turn out. Even when
things don't go the way we expect or want.
Trust is relational, it's a two-way
thing. Let's stand together on this, let's help point one another to a stronger
and deeper faith and a more faithful and visible trust in God in everything
that we do. Let's keep trusting in God and standing on his promises as we move
together on the next part of the adventure.
There is a lesson for us in this
question. Whenever God tells us to do something we usually do not know every
single detail about everything. We can procrastinate or we can simply obey what
we know, and trust God to correct us if needed as we are obeying. If we wait
until we know every single detail first, we will probably never obey.
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