ARTICLES
Trust
Raquel Soto © February 23rd,
2005
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not unto your own
understanding…Proverbs 3 verse 5 (NIV) Trust.
Such a little word. So easily broken. Trust
causes comfort. Enables us to believe the
unbelievable. To love.
Yet, we say we love God but we don't trust
Him. We don't trust Him with our business. We
don't trust him for our husband. We don't trust
Him for our children. And the reason we don't
trust is because we don't want to…
In ALL (emphasis added) your ways
acknowledge Him and He SHALL (emphasis added)
direct your path. Proverbs 3 verse 6
Surrender. We don't like to surrender control,
especially people in business. In this world,
surrendering is a sign of weakness. God's ways
are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are
higher than ours (Isa 55 v 9). To surrender to
God isn't weakness, it's strength! It takes
humility to know you don't know everything and
you need help. It takes courage to ask and say
"I don't know what I'm doing! HELP!" It
takes wisdom to know you don't know so you need
to go to the One Who does know!
How can we start learning to trust God?
Surrender. Surrender to His Word. Meditating the
Word of God is important for this reason. Cast
your cares upon Him for He cares for you (1 Peter
5 v 17)! To know this for yourself, experience it
for yourself, you need to meditate, mutter, and
speak out the Word. Speak what is already true.
Speak the life giving Words of God. As you begin
to think upon what God has said, you must decide
that whatever God tells you to do, you do it.
Decide that whatever He says is so.
When you trust, you believe. In what areas do
you not believe God in? Be honest. We all have
areas that we've only given so much to the Lord.
Examine yourself. Surrender.
Know this: God will allow circumstances to
come about where you will be tested to either
trust Him or not to trust Him. Not because He
needs to test you, but so that you know what He
knows- you can do all things through Christ who
gives you strength! You are victorious in Jesus!
All your prayers are answered "Yes!"
and "Amen!". The enemy wants to root
that Word out of you because it will prove to the
people around you that God is alive today and
working in the lives of His people. Dare to trust
God! Dare to believe! Dare to take a step of
faith and declare "If Your Word says it, I
believe it, and that settles it!" Dare to
stand still in the storm and shout " I will
not be moved in Jesus name! I receive the
promises my Father has made to me! I trust in His
Word! I surrender to His Word! I surrender to His
Will!" So be it!
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