IN THE LONG RUN, YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU LEARNED TO TRUST HIM.
Learning to trust Him and developing this aspect of our lives will serve us well in the long term. If we can learn to trust Him early, we can save ourselves a great degree of heartache. Encourage your children and your grand-children to trust Him. If we learn to trust Him in good times, then when we go through tough times it will be the natural thing for us to do. Don’t wait for tough times to make this decision or to develop this ‘heart attitude’. Develop it now, grow in this dimension now and when challenges come you will be well prepared.
TRUSTING HIM BRINGS WITH IT ITS OWN REWARDS.
1. As we trust in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our hearts.
Psalms 37:3-4 ‘Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of
your heart.’
2. As we trust in the Lord leads to greater happiness and joy in life.
Proverbs 16:20 ‘And whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.’
3. We can know peace as we trust God.
Isa 26:3 ‘You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.’
4. As we trust the Lord we can be fruitful in all times, not anxious in the year of drought or famine
Jeremiah 17:7-8 ‘Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.’
5. Those who trust in the Lord will be delivered from wicked schemes and plans of evil people.
Ps 37:40 ‘And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, because they trust in Him.’
6. The mercy of the Lord surrounds those who trust in Him.
Psalm 32:10 ‘Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.’
7. Those who trust in the Lord will be prospered.
Proverbs 28:25, 26 ‘He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.’
8. Those who trust in the Lord will be safety and security.
Proverbs 29:25 ‘The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.’
Life, rest, Joy and peace is what God has in store for us as we trust Him.
8. LET US TRUST HIM MORE…
There is an old hymn with the following words:
’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His word;
Just to rest upon His promise;
Just to know, Thus saith the Lord.
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er,
Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more.
It was written by Louisa Stead.
This is her story: ‘It was a beautiful sunny day. Louisa Stead, her husband, and her daughter Lily, decided to go for a picnic. They went picnicking on Long Island Sound. While having their picnic, the Steads heard a scream. It was from a young boy. Mr. Stead ran to the rescue. Louisa Stead and young Lily watched helplessly as Mr. Stead and the boy drowned. Their troubles were not over yet, however, and without her husband, Mrs. Stead became very poor and destitute. Yet God never left her. He provided for her always and she and her daughter made it through. Louisa learned to trust God, and thus the words to the song ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.’ Shortly after this incident, Louisa and her daughter Lily moved to South Africa where they became missionaries.’
Let us trust Him more, for He will take care of you!
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