Trusting As The Days Go By

What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.
In God have I put my trust: I will not be
afraid what man can do unto me.
Psalm 56: 3,11

Have you ever given thought to the fact that we often trust people and situations first before putting our trust in the Lord? In good times and bad, God is in fact the only One who can do anything about any situation we face. I remember the old hymn I remember our church singing when I was quite young. The title is simply “Trusting Jesus.” I love the chorus to this great old hymn written by Ira Sankey and Edgar P. Stites:

Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him what e'er befall,
Trusting Jesus—that is all.

There are people in whom we place trust. As children, we trusted our parents and close relatives. We trusted policemen, teachers, pastors, and even that the postman would deliver family mail at certain times of the day. We still today trust our food supply that it is safe. We trust the brakes on our cars to work. We trust good friends to keep our confidences. We even trust the air we breathe. There are many ways we trust and never give second thoughts to them.

Without trust, people can become paranoid. Those folks are always fearful that someone or something is out to hurt them. Many people find themselves in a constant state of fear and their fears are very real to them. Fear is one of those things that is the exact opposite of trust. One of our problems in these days is that we place our trust in all the wrong things, in all the wrong people.

Our ultimate trust must be in God. There is no huge organization, government or even powerful people that can meet our every need. All of those things will let us down at one time or another. We've come to rely on them for all the wrong reasons. God is our ultimate help and He still works in the affairs of men to either help us or perhaps to teach us much needed lessons.

From a spiritual standpoint as I look at the word TRUST, I had some thoughts in acrostic form that certainly isn't exhaustive.

T-rust

Here I see a basic definition for trust I believe is a good one. For we Christians, trust is simply taking God at His word

R-est

Relaxing in the arms of God

U-nderstanding

Understanding the things of God will always build our trust. The main way we do that is through studying and taking in the things of God's Word. That may be through personal reading or also through the preaching and teaching of God's Word in a group or church setting.

S-ubmission

Being in submission to God's will in all things will always reinforce the trust we have in Him. When we submit, we are saying we completely trust God in every aspect of life

T-urn

I thought of two things here. I thought of turning from those things in our lives that contribute to breaking down our trust in God. The big thing here we can do to build our trust is to turn to God in prayer at every turn. He wants to hear from us not just when we face difficulties but in the happy times as well.

Another old hymn comes to my mind and I often find myself singing to myself. The verse and chorus explains the meaning of our word:

When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey---
For there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus
But to trust and obey.

It's all there...to be happy in Jesus....TRUST ...and submit totally to Him.

Father, strengthen me when I falter and when my trust in You is at low ebb. I don't mean for that to happy. I know from experience and Your Word that You are the only One I can trust for everything above anyone. Thank You that Jesus' blood makes my trust possible. In His precious name....Amen