On Whom Do I Trust?

Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian's answer and see if it is yours. 

"On whom do you trust?" "I trust," says the Christian, "in the triune God of Scripture!" I trust the Father, believing that He has chosen me from before the foundation of the world. I trust Him to provide for me in His providence, to teach me, to guide me, to correct me, if need be, and to bring me home to His own house where the many mansions are! I trust the son. The man Christ Jesus is also the true God. I trust in Him as my Redeemer to take away all my sins by His atoning sacrifice, and to adorn me with His perfect righteousness. 

I trust Him to be my Intercessor, to present my prayers and desires before His Father's throne. I trust Him to be my Advocate at the last great day, to plead my cause, and to justify me. I trust Him for what He is, for what He has done, and for what He has promised yet to do! I trust the Holy Spirit. He has begun to save me from my inbred sins; I trust Him to finally drive them all out.  I trust Him to curb my debased temperament, to subdue my stubborn will, to enlighten my darkened understanding, to check my evil passions, to comfort my despondency, to help my spiritual weakness, to provide my spiritual nourishment, to reign in me as my loving King, to sanctify me wholly, and then to take me up to dwell forever in glory! 

Oh, blessed trust! To trust Him whose power will never be exhausted, whose love will never wane, whose kindness will never change, whose faithfulness will never fail, whose wisdom will never be confounded, and whose perfect goodness can never know a diminution! Happy are you, reader, if this trust is yours! So, trusting, you shall enjoy sweet peace now, and glory hereafter! The foundation of your trust shall never be removed! 

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

Isaiah 36:5 ...  I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Proverbs 3:5 ... Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Nahum 1:7 ...  The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. ❤

Rely on God!

We can overcome difficulties by fully trusting and 

relying on the Lord.

 Proverbs 3:5-6 ... Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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When in Need ...

When you are in need, whether the need is emotional, psychological, or even financial, God wants you to come to Him. Because of your FAITH and TRUST in Jesus Christ you have immediate access to Him through PRAYER. God is compassionate AND already knows what you need, He just wants you to be humble enough to ask. It’s simple, although not always easy to ask for help, but as the saying goes “you don’t get 100% of what you don’t ask for.”  God loves you and wants a true and meaningful relationship with you always and FOREVER.

Lord, thank you for being available always. You know our needs and we know You can help when nobody else can. We ask you to look into our heart, grant us mercy and grace, and show us the way that YOU would have us go in times of need. Let Your will be done always in all ways. In Jesus’ Holy name we pray. Amen!

If you seek answers, you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.

[Mark Batterson]

Hebrews 4:16 ... Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. ❤

Faith and Trust

Persistence. That is one of the keys of both life and of being a true believer. Jesus shared with you ALL of God’s promises and every single one will absolutely come true, but they won’t all come true today. You need to have FAITH and TRUST and wait for His timing. You need to stand tall and continue working daily for His glory, telling people the Good News, and living according to His commandments. When the time is right, God will shower you with blessings including eternal life but remember you reap what you sow. 

Lord, thank you for grace, understanding, mercy, hope, forgiveness, and unconditional love. Thank you for keeping all of Your promises according to Your timing. Help us stand strong in our faith. Help us be better and do better each day. Let Your will always be done. In Jesus’ holy name we pray, Amen. 

Ultimately you are doing what you do for one of two reasons: to serve oneself or to serve God. There is enough time in every day to do God's work in God's way. 

 

[Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom]

2 Chronicles 15:7 ... Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Proverbs 3:5 ... Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Matthew 21:21 ... Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. ❤

Boat of Trust

Stay in His perfect peace. He gives peace like a river. He is the Source of LIFE and He is The Prince of Peace. Even in the worst storms of life, you will sleep in perfect peace, (if) you abide in the boat of trust. 

See your life from His viewpoint. Believe you are seated with Him in heavenly places. Know His love covers you. Know His love is with you. Do not allow Fear or Pride to become your shepherd. He is not the author of confusion. Fix your eyes on His Words and His wisdom. Is there a voice more important than his to you personally? In His presence is the fullness of Joy. Abide in Him. Abide in a state of increased wisdom, love and healthy function. 

He came to restore you to His love. Those who spend time with Him will know the fullness of Joy that He alone gives daily. Guard your heart from any and all poisonous counsel. Manage your time wisely. Never make choices out of fear or what others think. Always be led by His inspired voice. All of His Children have epic destinies (if) they look to Him. He gives the inspired details. 

Never trade His eternal voice for the counsel of those who reject His saving wisdom. To have Him as LORD is to have Him as your number one influence daily. This is ‘the one and only thing necessary’. All other ground is sinking sand and chasing the wind. He alone is worthy of your full trust, for no one has loved you like He loves you. 

[Troi Nelson Cockayne]

John 14:27 ...  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ❤

More than Enough!!

Trust in Him. The Lord will provide.

Mark 6:35-42 ... 

And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.  He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. 

And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. 

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

And they did all eat, and were filled. ❤

My Rock!!

Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.

[Samuel Rutherford]

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1 Samuel 2:2 ... There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

Psalm 31:3 ... For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

Psalm 18:2 ... The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. ❤

Trust The Lord!!

He will NEVER FAIL! That’s why we trust Him! To trust in anything else guarantees total failure!  Trust in the Lord every day!

Isaiah 41:10 ... Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Nahum 1:7 ... The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. ❤

He Knows the Way!!

My Father’s way may twist and turn My heart may throb and ache, 

but in my soul, I’m glad to know, He maketh no mistake. 

 

My cherished plans may go astray, my hopes may fade away, 

but still, I’ll trust my Lord to lead, For He doth know the way. 

 

Tho’ night be dark, and it may seem That day will never break, 

I’ll pin my faith, my all, in Him, He maketh no mistake. 

 

There’s so much now I cannot see, my eyesight far too dim, 

but come what may, I’ll simply trust and leave it all to Him. 

 

For by and by the mist will lift, and plain it all He’ll make, through all the way, 

Tho’ dark to me, He made not one mistake. 

 [A.M. Overton]

Jeremiah 29:11 ... For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Romans 8:28 ... And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ❤

Kiss The Son!!

By "kissing the Son," we are to understand love to Christ's person, devotion to Christ's service, submission to Christ's authority. Since the Lord Jesus is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, then love, devotion, and submission to Him are our truest wisdom, and the only true path of genuine blessedness. For what blessedness can they have, who are liable to the wrath of God? If His wrath flares up against you, could you endure the thought of meeting His displeasure? Are you stronger than God? Will you provoke Him to jealousy? No! The most careless of mankind, if he reflects at all, must be sensible that "it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!" (Hebrews 10:31)

They shall be protected by His power. They shall be preserved by His grace. They shall be enriched by His bounty. They shall be blessed by Him with all spiritual blessings. And in the last day, they shall be seated with Him on His throne, and be partakers of His glory for evermore! A saving trust in Christ renders a man inconceivably blessed! It brings peace into his soul. It obtains for him the forgiveness of all his sins. It secures "grace sufficient for him," and "strength according to his day." It makes him "blessed" in every state, in health or sickness, in wealth or poverty, in life or death. It entitles him to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance in Heaven! 

No person who ever possessed sincere trust in Christ, ever perished. Glory and honor and immortality are the portion of all who sincerely trust in Christ as their Lord and Savior! If you have any desire to escape the wrath to come, or to lay hold on eternal life then this is the sure, the only way of attaining your end. If you neglect Christ then whatever else you either are, or have, or do it will avail you nothing; and you must perish everlastingly! Love the Lord Jesus Christ and give yourselves up to Him; and notwithstanding your past, present, or future sins, you shall never perish, but shall have everlasting life! 

 [Charles H. Spurgeon] 

Psalm 2:12 ... Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 

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Trust in Him...

Trust in the death and resurrection of Christ for forgiveness of your sins.

Colossians 1:13-14 ... Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

2 Corinthians 1:9-10 ... But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:  Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

1 Corinthians 15:2-4 ... By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:  ❤

Trusting God!!

What we need very badly these days is a company of Christ’s followers prepared to trust God as completely now as they must do at the last day! For each of us, the time is surely coming when we shall all have nothing but God. To people of pseudo-faith, that is a terrifying thought. For true faith, it is either God or total collapse.

We can prove our faith by our committal to it and in no other way.

[A. W. Tozer]

Proverbs 3:5-6 ... Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Psalm 11:1 ... In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

Nahum 1:7 ... The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. ❤

Real Satisfaction.

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control. His sovereignty is absolute. Everything that happens is uniquely ordained by God. Sovereignty is a weighty thing to ascribe to the nature and character of God. Yet if He were not sovereign, He would not be God. The Bible is clear that God is in control of everything that happens.

Real satisfaction comes not in understanding God's motives, but in understanding His character, in trusting in His promises, and in leaning on Him and resting in Him as the Sovereign who knows what He is doing and does all things well.

[Joni Eareckson Tada] 

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Psalm 103:19 ... The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

Proverbs 4:5 ... Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ... Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. ❤

Trust & Wait.

The only way to worry about nothing is to trust God about everything!

 

Philippians 4:6 ... Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.❤

Complete Trust

You relax on a plane even though you don't know the pilot. 

You relax on a ship even though you don't know the captain. 

You relax on a bus even though you don't know the driver. 

Why don't you relax in life knowing that God is in control? 

 [Unknown]

John 14:27 ...  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.❤ 

On Whom Do You Trust?

Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian's answer, and see if it is yours. "On whom do you trust?"  "I trust," says the Christian, "in the triune God of Scripture!" I trust the Father, believing that He has chosen me from before the foundation of the world. 

I trust Him to provide for me in His providence, to teach me, to guide me, to correct me if need be, and to bring me home to His own house where the many mansions are! I trust the Son. The man Christ Jesus is also the true God. I trust in Him as my Redeemer to take away all my sins by His atoning sacrifice, and to adorn me with His perfect righteousness. I trust Him to be my Intercessor, to present my prayers and desires before His Father's throne. I trust Him to be my Advocate at the last great day, to plead my cause, and to justify me. I trust Him for what He is, for what He has done, and for what He has promised yet to do!

I trust the Holy Spirit. He has begun to save me from my inbred sins; I trust Him to finally drive them all out. I trust Him to curb my debased temperament, to subdue my stubborn will, to enlighten my darkened understanding, to check my evil passions, to comfort my despondency, to help my spiritual weakness, to provide my spiritual nourishment, to reign in me as my loving King, to sanctify me wholly, and then to take me up to dwell forever in glory!

Oh, blessed trust! To trust Him whose power will never be exhausted, whose love will never wane, whose kindness will never change, whose faithfulness will never fail, whose wisdom will never be confounded, and whose perfect goodness can never know a diminution!

Happy are you, reader, if this trust is yours! So trusting, you shall enjoy sweet peace now, and glory hereafter! The foundation of your trust shall never be removed!

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

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Isaiah 36:5 … I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Nahum 1:7 … The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Proverbs 3:5 … Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.❤

Total Trust in The Father

A crucial link is missing in many of our lives, which often is the reason we do not receive answers to many of our prayers. Beloved, that missing link is faith. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

James is very clear in this instruction: “Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord.” (James 1:6-7)

If a person entertains doubt, regardless of how many rivers of tears he cries, he will not receive anything from God. Of course, God wants us to cry out to him from our inmost being. But he does not hear our cries unless they are accompanied by faith!

The psalms abound with the testimony of David who came to God not only with tears but with a heart full of confidence and total trust in his Father. “Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications! The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped.” (Psalm 28:6-7)

“[The Lord] is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.” (Psalm 33:20-21) 

Nearly every time we read David’s cries to the Lord in prayer, we hear his testimony of trust. You may spend many hours in prayer, weeping and pleading with God to give you what he has already promised. We cannot conceive of the possibility that God could be displeased with our prayers. However, the Word is clear that we must “ask in faith, with no doubting.”

Beloved, grab hold of this wonderful truth and allow God to bring you into a new place in prayer.

[David Wilkerson]

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What We Might Have Been

We do not know what we might have been if God's gracious protection had not been like a wall of fire around us, as it still is--for the Lord continues to deliver all who put their trust in Him.   Believe with unquestioning confidence that God is delivering you even now. You know that He has delivered you be just as sure that He will continue to help you in every time of trouble.

"I am locked in a prison of despair!" Yes, but your Lord has a key that can open the door and let you out.

"I am in great poverty!" another says. But He knows all about it, and He is going to supply all your needs.

Yet another says, "But I am fainting!" God is near, ready to revive and encourage your fainting soul.

Perhaps a person says, "I find faith for the past and the ultimate future quite easy, but I don't have enough faith for the present." We sometimes forget that God is "a very present help in times of trouble," but it is true.   There may be many trials before you, but there is an abundance of mercy ready to meet those trials. There may be troubles that you do not know yet, as well as repetitions of those you have experienced. But the Lord will give you strength and will continue to deliver you.

As the eyes gradually fail, and the limbs grow weak, and the infirmities of old age creep over us, we are likely to be distressed, but our Lord will not forsake us.   When severe sickness invades our earthly bodies and our pains multiply and intensify, we wonder how we will endure.  As we consider our death, we wonder how we will be able to bear our last hours.   Be encouraged: He who has delivered and does deliver will continue to deliver.  Even as the trial comes, the Lord will show you a way of escape.

He has delivered you, give Him your gratitude.  He is delivering you, give Him your confidence.  He will deliver you, begin now to praise Him for mercies that He has yet to show you, and for grace that you have not yet experienced but that He will grant you in the future.

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

Psalm 46:1 … God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Corinthians 1:10 … Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;❤

Trust His Heart

God's thoughts are not as our thoughts, neither are His ways as our ways! This truth is strikingly exemplified in the manner in which He led the Israelites from Egypt to the promised land. We would have chosen the way that was nearest and most direct but God decided otherwise. He led them round about through the wilderness, and that for the space of forty years! And not merely was it the most distant way but it was the most dangerous way as well. It was a land of deserts and of pits, a land of drought and death, a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt.

But, as strange as it appeared, we are fully justified in saying that it was wisely arranged. Their long detainments; their tiresome and circuitous wanderings; their fierce conflicts with the Moabites and the Amalekites; the bitter waters which they had to drink; and the fiery serpents with which they were stung all fulfilled the high purposes of Him who is excellent in counsel, as well as wonderful in working. However contrary His way might have been to theirs yet "He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation."

His dealings with His people now are still as unusual, and as much opposed to all their preconceived plans as were His dealings with the Israelites! He has crossed their own schemes, and thwarted their most fondly-cherished purposes! He always effects His own end in His own way!

Christian, what is your duty?  It is to cherish high thoughts of God in all His inscrutable dealings towards you.  It is to trust His heart even when you can't trace His hand; believing that "all the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies."  It is to follow His guidance continually; for as He led His people of old with "the cloud by day, the pillared fire by night" so He has promised to direct all your steps, and preserve all your goings.  It is to wait His time; for although the way may appear long and tedious yet remember, "all is well, that ends well." And what will the end be? "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads! They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away!"

[John MacDuff]

Psalm 107:7 … And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

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Why We Should Not Fear

We are in a world full of dangers. Perils throng around us on every side. We are in peril from disease germs, from poison, from accidents, from evil people, from the forces of nature. There are so many things around us calculated, when circumstances are favorable, to destroy our life, our health, our happiness. A thousand dangers surround us on every hand!

In the spiritual realm there is a continued conflict. It is useless to cry "Peace, peace," for we are surrounded by the forces of evil.  In the midst of this evil, is it any wonder that we should fear? Why should we not be afraid? What assurance have we of the safety of body or soul? What wonder if we shrink back from the conflicts, the trials, and the dangers of life? But God calmly looks down upon it all, sees it all, and yet says again and again to us, "Fear not!" "Be not afraid!" "Let not your hearts be troubled!" Paul says, "In nothing terrified by your adversaries." How can we help being afraid? Why should not terror take hold upon us? Why should we not shrink in dismay?

Well, there are plenty of reasons why we should not. God enumerates in Isaiah 43 some of these reasons why we should not fear. There he says to his people, "Do not be afraid." He does not say this merely to make them overlook the dangers around them, or to give them a false sense of security. He says this because they really have no reason to be afraid. 

In summing up the reasons why they should not be afraid, he gives the following: he calls himself "the Lord who created you." God created us as we are. He put us in the midst of all these dangers. We are weak because we are finite humans. God created us thus, and the fact that he created us, thus places upon him a responsibility with regard to us. If he places us in the midst of these temptations, trials, difficulties, and dangers, then will he not be responsible for the outcome? And if he is responsible for the outcome, then is he not responsible to see that conditions are such that we can meet these difficulties victoriously?  Is he not under obligation to provide for our safety?  Certainly he is.  More than that, he will not shrink from the obligation that rests upon him to provide for us.

[Charles Naylor]

Isaiah 43:1-7 …  But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.   When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.  For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.  Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.  Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;  Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. ❤