Proverbs 3:5 (New King James Version)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding.
As adults when we think of the word Trust and how it relates to our relationships, our minds automatically consider a few things. 1.) What has the other person has done to earn our trust. 2.) What are the benefits in me trusting them.
We all have the ability to say or do something that causes hurt to another person, as well experience situations that are hurtful and damaging to us. These situations leave us cynical, battered, defensive and has severed our ability to trust in man.
When these situations arise, it is absolutely essential that we pray and ask God to heal us from these wounds, to guard our hearts from becoming hard against those who have hurt us, from becoming hard against those who haven't hurt us, and even from becoming hard against HIM. The Word of God admonishes us Matthew 5:44 to "But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
When learning to Trust in God, it is important that we do not allow the trust issues that we face with one another taint our view on who GOD is, and why he is deserving of our trust, and why we can't live without trusting in him. We cannot afford to allow the enemy to use our earthly situations and outcomes as reasons to distrust in God.
Let's look at the above questions, and answer them with God in view.
1.) What has the other person has done to earn our trust.
We must know that God doesn't have to earn our trust.
God is the sovereign ruler of the world and his love for us is unconditional. First of all God created us in his own image, he gave us life! Second while we were yet enemies of God he sent HIS Only Son, Jesus the Christ, to die for our sins, to give us eternal life, and to reconcile us back into a relationship with God . So again God doesn't have to do anything to earn our trust, for he has proven to us from the beginning of time his intention and love for us.
2.) What are the benefits in me trusting HIM?
There are so many benefits in trusting in God, the creator of the universe! There are so many ways, reason and examples but I will sum it up as this because:
God has promised in his Word to meet all our needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) When we see this scripture many people automatically think of finances, but the scripture does not say God will meet only our financial needs, but all of our needs. That means all of our physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and financial needs. We can Trust In God because the earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof!! Because the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless (Psalms 84:11).
Trusting in God requires a lot of work on your part. It is more than saying you trust Him, when things are well, it means that when you are faced with perilous times and circumstances you look to him for answers.
Trusting God requires action!! Constant reading and meditating on His Word..Constant prayer and communication with HIM. It will require you to speak the Word of God over yourself, taking action against demonic attacks, and thoughts that come against your spirits desire to trust in God.
Trusting in God ultimately means that we completely trust God with all that is in us, our heart, mind, spirit, and soul. That we don't rely on anything that we can do in our own strength, and that we give all of the strength we possess, both physically and mentally, to the will of the Holy Spirit. In doing this, God can fulfill his perfect will through us and bring glory to himself. We must not seek our own gain, but only desire for GOD to receive all the glory. We get to enjoy what GOD does for himself.
To lean not on our own understanding means we are not seeking to figure the problem out logically. This is not ours to do. If GOD is truly the center of our lives, we live for him and him alone. Do we really believe that he lives? Then we should also believe that we can trust him with all our hearts.Trusting HIM means not moving ahead of HIM, not staying far behind HIM, not standing still when he says to move, and not moving when he says to stand still. The result is the blessing of GOD falling on the obedient vessel, the vessel that was used to fulfill GOD’S perfect will.
Be Blessed!!
Min. T
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
The Dangers of False Comfort
Everyone on the face of the earth,at some point in life, has a time where they set certain goals, dreams and aspirations. Whether they are personal, family oriented, work or even ministry. Things we have deep desires for, and set out with great passion to complete. We hit the ground running, starting off great with high hopes and enthusiasm. We are organized, disciplined and determined. We plan every aspect of what we feel we need to be successful in this area of our life..Then seemingly out of nowhere we apply the breaks.. We come to a screeching halt and find ourselves stuck in a rut, unsure of how to proceed, wondering how we got so far off the beaten path.. We think back to what could have possibly happened that has caused us to be so far of course from our destination.
We think of all of the possible culprits; distractions, doubts and fears and say surely it must have been on of these three things, that has veered us of course. Most often this is correct, but there is one culprit we always seem to leave out: THE STATE OF COMFORT!!
During our journey to accomplish our various goals, dreams and aspirations, we get comfortable. Comfortable in our status, comfortable in our thinking, comfortable in our pursuits.
We get so focused on the end result we envisioned, that we lose focus on the work that it must take to get there. We allow what we have already accomplished in these areas to give us a false sense of "arrival", which causes us to stop pursuing these things prematurely. By the time we realize that we haven't actually arrived to the end of our goal, we have lost precious time, resources and discouragement begins to settle in.
But don't lose hope.. we can get back on track.
First admit that you have allowed your own vision and will, to take precedence over the vision and will of God.
Ask God for forgiveness, wisdom and strength to stay the course, as he fulfills his purposes and goals in your life according to HIS Will.
Leave your past mistakes and failures where they belong; in the past!!!
Move forward with Confidence in who God is, who you are in him, and what he has called you to do.
Lastly do spiritual checkpoints with God, to make sure you are not going ahead of him, nor lagging behind him..
Be Blessed
We think of all of the possible culprits; distractions, doubts and fears and say surely it must have been on of these three things, that has veered us of course. Most often this is correct, but there is one culprit we always seem to leave out: THE STATE OF COMFORT!!
During our journey to accomplish our various goals, dreams and aspirations, we get comfortable. Comfortable in our status, comfortable in our thinking, comfortable in our pursuits.
We get so focused on the end result we envisioned, that we lose focus on the work that it must take to get there. We allow what we have already accomplished in these areas to give us a false sense of "arrival", which causes us to stop pursuing these things prematurely. By the time we realize that we haven't actually arrived to the end of our goal, we have lost precious time, resources and discouragement begins to settle in.
But don't lose hope.. we can get back on track.
First admit that you have allowed your own vision and will, to take precedence over the vision and will of God.
Ask God for forgiveness, wisdom and strength to stay the course, as he fulfills his purposes and goals in your life according to HIS Will.
Leave your past mistakes and failures where they belong; in the past!!!
Move forward with Confidence in who God is, who you are in him, and what he has called you to do.
Lastly do spiritual checkpoints with God, to make sure you are not going ahead of him, nor lagging behind him..
Be Blessed
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