How Trusting God in Everything is the Key to Life
Inside: Even if we’ve been disappointed in life by people breaking our trust, we can begin trusting God in everything! God is faithful and won’t let us down!
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If you behave, you’ll get some candy. We’ve all probably used some form of blackmail especially if you’re a parent. Most of the time it can be harmless, but what about when it crosses the line.
If you don’t start behaving the way we want you to, we’re going to give you up for adoption. Sadly with these words, all trust was broken.
Trust is the glue that
I’ve struggled to really trust people in my life. Seems like I’ve been trying to live up to everyone’s expectations because if I didn’t, they might walk away.
How’s Trust Working Out for You
The definition of trust: is the firm belief in the reliability of someone (Merriam-Webster).
Firm can be defined as solidly fixed. I think of “Glorilla Glue” nothing is breaking apart what has put together.
Sadly, most of us can agree that this type of trust is not of Earth because living in a fallen world equals a lack of trustworthy humans. This makes any relationship daunting and even a little scary.
And if you’ve experienced painful disappointment, you will attest to this; trusting in God can be hard.
We know we should do it, but it’s tough to put that much confidence in someone else. Perhaps you ask yourself how you can surrender it all to God when everything else in your life seems unstable and unreliable.
Because the fact is: when all you’ve been around is other broken humans, grasping that the Lord is “always faithful” is difficult.
Here’s the thing: we said trust is a glue to hold our relationships together. So if we don’t have some confidence in others, we won’t have satisfying relationships and we won’t be able to step out into greater things.
Who to Trust?
The same is true of God. We can’t grow in faith without beginning to trust in the Lord. We will never achieve what His desires are for us when we’re afraid to be “all in” with Him and trust God completely.
We will remain in our comfort zone without growing in a relationship with God, fulfilling our purpose, or even having rewarding earthly relationships.
To read of this post including tips to take when you’ve been disappointed by the lack of trust in your life, head over to Oh Lord Help Us
Trusting God
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Amen. Trust God. He is always faithful and His love for us never fails.
I was just thinking about this topic today and how trust issues can impact various relationships in our lives, including our relationship with God. Nice post!
Trusting God can be challenging, especially when in our human relationships our trust has so often been broken. An important reminder that our relationship with God is unique – because he is always good, always reliable, always trustworthy.
I enjoyed the post, at first i had a cynical mind, cause it was being directed for women. That bugs me, cause i get it; men and women think differently. But they are still people, human beings, who have to live in a world that mostly ignores Gods rules, more importantly the world we live in makes us forget God. Trust in the lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; is what i , a man struggle with. I don’t want to segregate from women as much as we as society already does; like the two genders need special treatment, Maybe just different approaches. I really want to know how to let go and let god, i don’t want to keep struggling, so really , suggestions are always welcomed.
How is letting go of my problem and trust God a “KEY”
Hi Jackie- it’s the key because we can now move through the doorway of pain. We know God is good and trusting Him allows us to have peace knowing what happens is part of His plan. Now this doesn’t mean it will be what we want, nor is it saying that we won’t feel pain or discouragement. But because we have the track record of the Bible and know God is good. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us:
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
God sees the whole picture and how everything works together and we only have limited human view.
God has you Jackie!