Trust is not something that comes easy. We are told“trust but verify”. With the advent of the Internet and “fake news”, trusting has seemingly become more and more difficult. But Solomon understood the Lord was the only thing that could have our absolute trust. The word translated “trust” is very descriptive. It has the connotation of throwing yourself down on your face in complete submission.”
Another picture that comes from this word “trust” is the idea of a baby being safe in the arms of his mother. Both of these word pictures - face down in full submission and totally relaxed in the arms of a mother - can be very hard for men to relate to.
Trust is not something that is very easily given and once it is broken it is very difficult to get back. There are people in my life that I do trust to varying degrees. I trust them because I know they have my best interest at heart. Obviously I trust my wife the most, then my closest friends and family. These are the people that I would trust with my very life.
But notice what Solomon says in Proverbs 3. He says, “Trust the Lord”. Our utmost trust is to be in God. But I have found that trusting God is not an easy thing. It could be that I can see and touch and interact with the people in my life that I trust, but I can’t see or touch God. Or maybe it isn’t that you don’t trust God but you haven’t trusted Him with “all your heart”. That can mean a few different things.
It can mean that there are some areas in your life where you haven’t trusted Him. Areas that you still want to control. You find yourself saying, “Lord, I trust you with my spiritual life. I trust you with my family but my work situation, well... I’ve got this.” Or “Lord, there is a certain area of my life where I just don’t know if I trust you to handle” Do you find yourself saying that when you hear about trusting God with all of your heart? What areas of your life do you have a hard time turning completely over to God and trusting him?
The way that we develop trust is by seeing and understanding that the person we are attempting to trust has our best interest at heart. This best interest is demonstrated by actions. Let me use the example of our wives. When you first met your wife did you trust her? You might have trusted her like you would any other human being but you didn’t trust her completely. It was only as you got to know her, as mutual feelings developed that you began to see that that trust begin to grow. As time went on and your relationship deepened, your trust in her continued to develop. Until the time came where you decided that you wanted to marry her and entrust your entire life to her. Based upon your relationship with her and what she had done in the past you trusted her with all your heart.
Could it be the exact same way with God? Especially if you weren’t raised in a religious home or were given a skewed view of God growing up, your trust of Him was very limited. However, you recognize that Solomon is right. You understand that as a spiritual leader you need to allow God to lead in your life and the only way that happens is by “trusting God with all your heart”. But just like the trust between you and your wife didn’t happen overnight so too your trust of God is not something that will happen overnight. Next week we will look at the basis of trusting God to lead in our lives.
Conversation:
- What areas of your life do you not trust God 100%?
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