Trusting In God
Trusting in God is a vital part of our Christian life. To trust in God means that we rely on Him to help us through our life. To trust in God means that we have him guide us through life, through bad times and good times, not just the bad times. Trusting God also means that we may make sacrifices in our life.A lot of times, Man says one thing, while God says a very different thing. In times like that, we should do what God says. Proverbs 3:5 says “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding”. Rather than doing what we think we should do, we should read the Bible, and pray to God to find out what He wants us to do, and then we should do it.
Quite a few people ignore God, or push God off to the side when things are going good. However, as soon as things start going bad, they then turn back to God, until things get better. At that point, they ignore Him again. This kind of an attitude is not right. It communicates that we only see God as a “Get out of Jail Free” card, rather than the Creator of the Universe, or our Heavenly Father. We need to trust in God regardless of whether or not things are going well for us.
Trusting God also means that we may have to make sacrifices in our life. We may have to give up things that we most value, or we may have to even lose our lives. However, in the end, things work out for the best. Look at Noah. He listened to God, and ended up getting ridiculed for over 100 years. Can you imagine being ridiculed for your faith for that long, as your worked constantly to build something? But, in the end, Noah was saved, while the rest of the world perished because they would not listen to God. Look at Stephen. He died for what he believed.
So, how does one trust God? One trusts God by relying more on Him, and less on one’s own skill and knowledge. Reading the Bible, and praying for guidance is another important part of trusting God.
