TRUST IN GOD COMPLETELY!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY MARCH 06, 2023.

SUBJECT : TRUST IN GOD COMPLETELY!

Memory verse: "Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass." (Psalm 37 vs 5.)

READ: Psalm 125 vs 1 - 2; Isaiah 26 vs 3 - 4:

Psalm 125:1: Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. 

125:2: As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.

Isaiah 26:3: You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind s stayed on You, because he trusts in You. 

26:4: Trust in the Lord forever, for in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.

INTIMATION:

Trusting in God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life, you expect Him to keep His promises, help you with problems or issues in your life, and do the impossible when necessary. And this pleases the Lord. 

When you put your absolute trust in the Lord, He will surround you as the mountains surround the city of Jerusalem. You will confidently say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress." Those who trust in the Lord completely have the same claim and experience expressed by the psalmist in Psalm 91; the perfect expression of the result of our absolute trust in God. And the Lord said:

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.” (Psalm 91 vs 14 - 16.)

What can be better than the promises of God to them that trust Him in the above passage? The reason we trust in the Lord is because He is an unchanging God. As the mountain remains unmoved so do the consistency of our God. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Malachi 3 vs 6; Hebrews 13 vs 8). And because "The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy," (Psalm 147 vs 11), He surrounds His people now and forever. Interestingly, God is not a man that He should lie nor a son of man that He should repent. He does all He says, and ensures that His promises come to pass at His appointed time.

Noah was an outstanding and exemplary personality regarding his trust in God. We noted that even when God asked him to do something that made no sense to him, he trusted God and obeyed. Noah knew nothing about flood, there has been no rain before that time, so he knew nothing about rain. He has never seen an ark or built a ship before, but obeyed the instructions God gave him and adhered strictly to the measurements and materials God told him to use.

The Bible says, in Hebrews 11 vs 7, "By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith."

Obviously Noah was faced with three problems that could have caused him to doubt. First, Noah had never seen rain, because prior to the flood, God irrigated the earth from the ground up. (See Genesis 2 vs 5 - 6.) Second, Noah lived hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean. Even if he could learn to build a ship, how would he get it to water? Third, there was the problem of rounding up all the animals and then caring for them. But Noah didn't complain or make excuses. He trusted God completely, and that made God smile at him.

It took Noah 120 years to build the ark. I imagined he faced many discouraging days. With no sign of rain year after year, he was ruthlessly criticized as a "crazy man who thinks God speaks to him." I imagined Noah's children were often embarrassed by the giant ship being built in their front yard. Yet Noah kept trusting God.

In what areas of your life do you need to trust God completely? Trusting is an act of worship. Just as parents are pleased when the children trust in their love and wisdom, your trust and faith makes God happy. And without faith it is impossible to please God. (Hebrews 11 vs 6.) My utmost heart desire is to trust God completely that I will sincerely testify of the Lord, as prophet Habakkuk; “Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” (Habakkuk 4 vs 17 - 18.)

Trusting God completely pleases Him, and consequently He ensures you are kept in perfect peace that surpasses all human understanding. We can never avoid strife around us in this world, but with God we can know perfect peace even in turmoil. When we are devoted to Him, our whole attitude is steady and stable. Supported by God's unchanging love and mighty power, we are not shaken by the surrounding chaos. 

Prayer: Abba Father, forever my whole trust is in You. Even when the earth refuses to yield her increase, and the works of my hands fails to prosper; even when the whole world turn against me that people will ask me where is your God; I will rejoice in You and my whole confidence will rest upon You because I know whom I have trusted, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!