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Today's Truth: Trusting God more

This 2014, deepening my relationship with God is one of my priorities (top of the list). So as I was seeking God this morning and just being quiet and still, I was led to reflect on my relationship with God as is. As I reflected,  I was led to the conclusion that I could use a healthy dose of trusting God. After reflecting, God so worked it out that I should stumble on Joyce Myers' devotional on trusting God which confirmed this truth and learning. 





Here are my reflections:
If I believe God and trust He is going to show up and act on my behalf and in my favour (for His glory). Then I must continue to move in the direction of trust by working out my faith and pursuing God in prayer and being open and obedient to His voice. 

I cannot say that I am believing God and trusting God if I do not pray or prayerfully move in the direction where God is calling me. 

I cannot say I trust God if by my actions I am doing things contrary and opposite to what I am trusting God for. This is simply an indicator that I do not trust God or believe He is going to show up on my behalf. 

I cannot say I am trusting God when I contradict my trust in God by my spoken and unspoken words of distrust, unbelief and unfaithfulness. 

"Trust in The Lord with all of your heart and lead not to your own understanding. But in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall make  your path straight (clear)." 

Introspection

Is it really trust if I can already physically see how something can and will work out?

Am I ultimately trusting in myself or people or systems rather than God? 

What would I do differently, today, and or stop doing if I really trusted God to supply all my needs according to His riches in glory?

Bible verses about trust: http://rachelwojo.com/15-bible-verses-for-trusting-god-in-tough-times/

Other powerful trust verses

Psalm 25:1-3

1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; 2 in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.

Psalm 31:14

14 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."

Psalm 37:5-6

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Psalm 40:4

4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

Psalm 84:12

12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Psalm 118:8

8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

Proverbs 28:25

25 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 28:26

26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

Luke 16:10-12

10 "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?

Romans 15:13

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:6-7

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Revelation 21:5 

5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

















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