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TRUST


Text. Proverbs 3:5.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding.

Many people have trust issues, and this is very understandable, we live in a world that is full of mistrust. Many are hurting, and many are wounded by reason of the trust they had had in others.

The truth is, man cannot be trusted. How can you trust a man whose breath is in his nostrils?

Isaiah 2:22 says, “Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?”

Jeremiah puts it this way-  This is what the LORD says:   “Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength,  and whose heart turns away from the LORD.(Jeremiah 17:5).

That is, trusting in man only attracts curses to your life. Clear as this truth is, man still finds it comfortable to trust in their fellow men.

At times, you go to bed just because a mere man had given you his words. It's very annoying and insulting to God to see how you trust in man's words as against your trust in His words.

 To live a restful life in Christ, you must learn and be ready to believe and obey His words like a little child.

Now, He is saying to you to trust in Him with ALL YOUR HEART AND NEVER TO DEPEND ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING.(Proverbs 3:5)

If you look at our study text very closely, you will observe that it's a two- sentence  verses joined with a conjunction. This is because to live out the first instruction, you must have first obeyed the second.

The major hindrance to trusting the Lord with all your heart is your understanding of your supposed reality(ies). If you are still banking on the understanding of your reality or your environment, then you can't trust in the Lord. And if you can't trust in the Lord, He can't come through for you.

You are the one that can limit what God can do for you and through you by your thinking and understanding.

 GO FORTH IN THIS NEW MONTH PUTTING ALL YOUR TRUST IN THE FATHER GOD, AND HE WILL SURELY DIRECT YOUR PATH.

 Bible reading:

 Proverbs 3:5-8.

 PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father, I receive the grace to trust in you with all my heart. 

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