The Trust Factor
“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.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Today’s Morsel: Most soldiers will tell you that the easiest way to trust God is to jump from an airplane while in flight with only a parachute on your back. Even an atheist may not tell you that, but believe me, when they jump, they say something, even if it is simply, ‘Oh God’. Why do most folks feel that there is no need to trust God when things are going well for them, yet then when things are chaotic, they turn to God? If you will learn to trust God in the good times, you won’t have trouble with trusting Him in the bad times. You don’t prepare for the present; you prepare for the future. We don’t lay up treasures here on earth, we lay them up for where we are going. Heaven! Job didn’t sacrifice for his children for the present, he prepared for their future. Scripture said: “And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.” (Job 1:5) Job didn’t have a problem with trusting God. He knew that God knew exactly where he was always, and that God would come through for Him. Even Abraham, when told by God to offer Isaac for a sacrifice, said to his servants: “….. abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you” (Genesis 22:5). And the writer of Hebrews tells us: “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” (Hebrews 11:17-19). Remember, if we have been baptized in Jesus’ name, we are the seed of Abraham and we ought to have the same trust when God asks us to do something that seems impossible. He is always with us.
Sing: For the God on the mountain, is still God in the valley, when things go wrong, He’ll make them right. And the God of the good times, is still God in the bad times, and the God of the day, is still God in the night.
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