Psalm 25:2 (KJV)
O my God, I trust in
thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me
Matt. 27:43 (KJV)
He trusted in God; let
him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
As we continue our discussion on this crucial subject of
faith, we must now look at another key factor of faith. Remember that we had
previously discussed on Faith and the will of God,
where we established clearly that faith begins where the will of God is known.
If you haven’t read that piece it will greatly benefit you to do so, click here
to read it now.
In that discuss, we brought out the fact that if you keep
attempting to exercise faith without first finding out the will of God
concerning issues, then you will fall flat on your face many times. We established
that the more this happens, the weaker your faith will grow, because your
ability to trust God to keep His words will keep on decreasing. This is where
trust becomes an essential factor in the conversation, because you can only
have faith in someone you trust. In any business dealing or transaction, trust
is a major factor, if you don’t trust someone, you wouldn’t transact with them.
You may have reason to deal with a dishonest person in business, if you already
know that such a person is dishonest, you simply trust them to be dishonest
with you also – this is also a form of trust.
Trust has to do with a person’s character, and the way you
determine if someone is trustworthy or not is by dealing with them or getting information
from others who have dealt with them. You may trust someone intuitively, but
until you deal with them, you can’t tell for sure if they are trustworthy or
not. Also it is only after you have determined that the person is trustworthy
that you can have faith in the person’s words. Now I am sure you get how all of
these fits together, you cannot have faith in God more than you trust Him. If you
feel like God has let you down severally, it will be hard to count on His words
and have faith in Him, and unfortunately this is the place where many believers
are. This is perhaps one of the greatest cause of the lack of faith in the life
of many Christians – they seem not to trust God enough to put their faith in
Him.
Our goal is not to dig into various reasons why you may find
it hard to trust God, which in turn paralysis your faith; whatever the reasons
for your distrust of God, the bottom line is that it will have devastating
effect on your faith, and unless you do something to get out of that place and
start holding God in high trust, you faith will never work. I know you may not
come out boldly to say you don’t trust God; you are a believer who has been in
church for some time now, how can it ever be heard that you don’t hold God in high
trust. But that may be your true state and you need help quickly as your lack
of trust in God is evident in your impotent faith.
The Psalmist said in our text, O my God, I trust in thee. It will
do you good to make that your confession every of your waking moment, until it
becomes your true experience. You will also benefit a lot from studying the
Bible, particularly scriptures that show how God came through for others in
times of dare need, knowing that He will come through for you also in your time
of need. I know some of you reading this may be at an all-time low in your walk
with God, and you may have lost interest in the scriptures and fellowshipping
with God, but you have to get back to spending time with God and fellowshipping
with the word of God. It is the only way out, and the devil will do all he can
to keep you away from the word, but you can get back right away.
Remember when Jesus hung on that cross for our sins, He did
it for love, but only by trusting God to raise Him from death could He go
through that suffering. He trusted God with His life and the outcome is victory
over sin, hell, and the grave. Yes! He got it, His faith triumphed because He
trusted God to fulfill His word by raising Him up from death. If Jesus didn’t have
faith in God to raise Him up because He didn’t trust God to always keep His
words, then I dare say that He would never have gone to the cross, and man
could have been lost forever, but praise God the story is different.
As you learn to love God and trust Him, your capacity for
faith will get so developed to the point where you will begin to exercise faith
unconsciously and the results of faith in your life will be unprecedented.
N.B
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