Never be afraid to trust God…

My Pondering

🙌 …to a knownGod…who knows all 🙌 and Whom loves each of us!

Amazing grace!
Amazing omnipresence!
Amazing God who wants to known and know you too!

I really like the saying Pres Reagan made popular, “Trust and Verify”.

I like even better to insert the work “Know” in front; “Know, Trust and Verify”.

God wants us to know Him
God wants us to trust Him
God want us to verify His Word,
His promises and His power to the world.

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalms 20:7

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:5

Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
4Delight yourself in the LORD,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
5Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in Him, and He will do it.
6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn,
your justice like the noonday sun

Psalms 37:3-8

Yes, He is all that and then more awesome than we can even possibly imagine!

It’s hard to understand why a loving, all powerful God would all people, sometimes caring, serving, good people to experience tragedy, pain and
terrible incidents. The world is full of suffering. Though I trust Him, I don’t always understand.

I just had similar conversation with a non-believer the other day.

He asked, “How can a loving, all powerful God allow or cause all this bad stuff to happen?”

That’s a tough one.

How would you answer him?

Trust

Have you ever considered the cost of trust and the lack thereof?
Ronald Reagan was fond of saying, ‘Trust and verify’. As the operator and owner of an electronic security company, I make my living by providing verification and the peace of mind associated with it. One is foolish to fully trust a stranger and ultra taxing to constantly using finite resources to verify. Maintaining balance and appropiate attention takes wisdom.

Nonetheless, no risk, no reward! If you give one person a lot of rope, they make something useful of it. Another person, they hang themselves with it. Go figure. Some will, some won’t. So what are you going to do today to be a leader and winner?

In God we trust.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV

Relevant Scriptures

Psalm 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

Proverbs 22:19
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you.

Proverbs 23:4
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.

Proverbs 28:26
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered.

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