Can you, do you, TRUST GOD?

“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” – Isa 41:13

‘I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, [in Hebrew Shaddai]  but by my name the LORD[in Hebrew hayah  -- I AM] I did not make myself fully known to them.’ – Ex 6:3

Theme

Trust is a very personal thing. We do not all naturally trust much of anything. Yet, there are truly personal places we want and often do trust. What is trust?

Dictionary.com offers these statements which will be relevant to this article:

·        reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.

·        confident expectation of something; hope.

Who, how, why and what do you truly trust? Be honest. Do a deep dive into your soul and answer truthfully. Be honest with yourself so you can trust your answer. Perhaps if you go all the way back and ask these questions:

How is trust built in us?

Who develops the concept of trust?

By what type of  reinforcement?

We are often asked to trust people like first responders, like the government, like our physicians, like our teachers, like our parents, like our friends, like our employers, like our internet resources, like the various software folks whose apps we download and use, like things which are utterly consistent such as time, seasons, aging. In each of the foregoing, though our trust is solicited by any and all of them, we respond in trust dependent on the ‘who’ and the ‘why’. Notice who is missing from the list and is likely the ONE most important to trust and yet, do we? GOD! And all things associated with HIM such as HIS SON, his Holy Spirit, HIS Word, the Bible, HIS promises and prophecies. Additionally, a key component of trust in GOD is faith because not all things we believe are tangible.

Who should we truly trust? Is it our parents? Is it our spouse? Is it a friend not related to us? Is it some leader in your world? Is it GOD? You are the only one who can honestly answer the question. But, this article will seek to establish the notion of trust in GOD -- and if you do already trust in GOD -- to sustain and perhaps fortify your trust. First, let’s look at Biblical "Trust". We find the following scriptures in Psalm 91: “I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” – Psa 91:2  and “He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” – Psa 91:4

What is the concept for ‘trust’ in Psalm 91? In verse 2 it is straightforward. Primarily it means to ‘trust in’. So, GOD is asking us to TRUST IN HIM! That is easy for most Christians. They haves seen sufficient and irrefutable evidence to trust GOD absolutely. But, for newer Christians, or for those who are not Christian but are battling with whether or not there is a GOD and if so, with so many to choose from, they may posit, which is the ‘right’ one? For those who trust in GOD they daily exercise their faith to this end. Here is the Biblical definition of faith: ““Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” – Heb 11:1 ---

Remember, this statement:’ That is easy for most Christians. They haves seen sufficient and irrefutable evidence to trust GOD absolutely’ so how is faith deployed if there is evidence? It is the trust we have because what had been unsubstantiated in our minds when we first began our Christian walk, or maybe merely entertained the notion of GOD was substantiated and became our foundation. Thereafter, anytime HE asks us to trust HIM about things we have not seen, for which there is scant to no evidence, we will accept in faith because we know if GOD spoke/speaks it that which has been spoken will in fact happen. When we break it down isn’t that how we build trust in anyone? Some people decide to trust without question reserving the right to revoke trust with provocation. Others, mostly folks who have lived awhile trust only after they have verified the veracity of the requestor of our trust. Even then, that trust can be broken and perhaps permanently. Those who absolutely trust GOD have full faith in HIS promises.

The next time we see ‘trust’ in Psalm 91 is in verse 4:” He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” Here, the word TRUST has a different meaning in the Hebrew language than in our English language. It is written as this: ‘חָסָה châçâh, khaw-saw'; a primitive root; to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in:—have hope, make refuge, (put) trust’. – Strong’s Definition for H2620. If you look at Psalm 91 in its entirety you will see that GOD asks us to do some things in the first 2 verses and if we do HE makes promises we can trust to be filled for the rest of the chapter based on those things we readily agree such as trust. Is it easy to trust in GOD? Yes and No. Mostly yes. Because we have seen the evidence of HIS promises fulfilled; we have seen the evidence in our lives of prayers fulfilled; we have been practical and honest with ourselves when we looked around at the planet, the universe that surrounds us fully understanding there is not a single thing left to chance. Daily affirmation of the wonders of creation naturally builds trust in HIM so that we can be patient in faith that those promises like in verse 11 “For he will give his angels a command concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.”

The ‘no’ it is not easy to trust GOD is in the many arrows from the unseen yet sinister effort to compromise, to weaken, to break our trust in GOD seasoned  Christians understand as works of the devil and his minions. “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” – Eph 6:11 It is not in the 'seeming' inability for GOD to protect us that we find difficult but at times those arrows strike deeply and wound so massively our attention may be diverted from CHRIST who has already dealt with the many horrors that befall humans and is the only one to intercede and heal whatever is broken. It takes time and in that time we may find that while we are on the mend the arrow that brought doubt infected the area it hit and while it is has been removed by CHRIST depending on our faith it may take a little time to heal. If we have a healthy TRUST in GOD it goes a long way in mitigating all assaults against us by the adversary who stalks his prey. If we had trust like a little child trusts then we could see in our minds what faithful ones of old saw, angelic protection surrounding us – guarding us in ALL our ways.

One of the ways we gain absolute trust in GOD is by reading the Bible. Doing prayer about what we read. Research what we read. When we understand we are convicted and that conviction adds another block of evidence to support our TRUST in GOD, IN CHRIST, in the HOLY SPIRIT and obviously in THE BIBLE. Imagine how the folks felt when Christopher Columbus sailed beyond their horizon and returned! It definitely would have given those who could read their own Bible from the 16th century onward faith as they saw this verse in Isa 40 “It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.: -- Vs 22! The evidence the Bible was TRUSTworthy and GOD all the more!

Please take the time to consider who, how, why you trust and ask yourself which of those for whom you have TRUST is more deserving of unwavering TRUST than GOD?! As we move along in our Christian walk our faith will continue to increase and solidify as the promises of GOD are made true in your life. If you dwell in the secret place of the Most High you shall fall under the shadow of the Almighty. If you say to the LORD “HE is my refuge and my fortress; My GOD, in HIM I will trust surely HE shall deliver you from all the things listed in vs 4-16 in Psalm 91 a most comprehensive list of terrible things from which we will be delivered.

Read and meditate on Psalm 91. Examine your trust/or trust issues and if you are so inclined make TRUST a matter of concerted prayer and of course meditation that you may be clear in who and why you should trust with your very life, now and eternally. †

  

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