TODAY'S LESSON: W.A.I.T.(WHO AM I TRUSTING)
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
RELIANCE ON THE INTEGRITY OF A PERSON OR THING.
THAT IS HOW WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY DEFINES TRUST,
BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS MORE THAN JUST THAT.
THE WAY I SEE IT TRUST IS A VITAL PART OF ANY RELATIONSHIP: WHETHER IT BE PARENTS/CHILD, TEACHER/STUDENT, HUSBAND/WIFE, OR EVEN TWO FRIENDS.
WITHOUT TRUST THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP.
SO OFTEN TRUST IS MISTAKEN FOR CONFIDENTIALITY.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT CONFIDENTIALITY IS JUST THAT-CONFIDENTIAL.
THERE'S NO REAL ACTION INVOLVED.
TRUST REQUIRES ACTION!
WHEN YOU TRUST SOMEONE YOU'RE SAYING
THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR FAITH IN THEM.
THAT REQUIRES WORK,
A LOT OF WORK!
ANOTHER DEFINITION GIVEN FOR TRUST IS FAITH
AND ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE:
EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH NOT WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE.
JAMES 2:17
I’M REMINDED OF JOB WHEN HE SAID,
THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST IN HIM.
JOB 13:15a
A MAN WHO HAD LOST EVERYTHING
CATTLE, SHEEP, DONKEYS;EVEN HIS KIDS:
YET HE PUT HIS TRUST IN THE LORD.
SO WHAT’S SO BIG ABOUT PUTTING MY TRUST IN THE LORD?
WHY CAN’T I PUT MY TRUST IN SOMEONE ELSE
OR BETTER YET-SOME THING ELSE?
WELL, AS TO THE SOME THING ELSE:
HERE’S WHAT JESUS HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY,
BUT MY WORDS SHALL NOT PASS AWAY.
MATTHEW 24:35
AS TO THE SOMEONE ELSE:
JESUS MADE MENTION OF THIS OFTEN
SO FOR ME TO LIST ALL OF THEM FOR YOU WOULD TAKE A WHILE.
HERE’S THE ONE THAT CAME TO MIND FIRST.
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED, AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD;
ROMANS 3:23
THAT PUTS US ALL ON THE SAME LEVEL
SO TO PUT YOUR FAITH IN MAN:
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,
TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU.
MATTHEW 24:4
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS
WHEN IT COMES TO TRUSTING GOD,
BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THAT TRUST
SHIFTS TO THE WORLD AND ITS POSSESSIONS.
JESUS SAID:
NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS:
FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER;
OR HE WILL HOLD TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER.
YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON.
MATTHEW 6:24
