CHRISTIAN LIVING - DO YOU TRUST GOD? pt 1

DO YOU TRUST GOD?

How many of you trust that when you wake up tomorrow – the sun will rise? Why is that? It's reliable and has always done it right? How many of you trust that when you get in your vehicle leaving here today – that it will get you home? Some of your are praying right now, huh? Why do we put our trust in things – the history and reliability of the object.

Who do you trust? To trust someone means you have a firm belief in their character, ability, strength or their truth according to Merriam-Webster. Oxford has a very similar definition – firm belief in the reliability truth or ability of someone or something.

So, back to my question who is it that you trust? I can honestly say that I trust my wife.

The bigger question is, do you trust God? I know many of you believe in God but believing in Him and Trusting Him are two different things. I believe Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the House, but I do not trust her or her policies.

Do you trust God, deep-down, gut-wrenching question, do you trust God? This week we will lay out 5 reasons why you can trust God – even when He answers no to your prayers, you can still trust Him

Let us Pray!

T-R-U-S-T THE LORD

Proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”

I. Truth –

A. God is Truth

John 14:6 – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

v17 – Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

John 8:31-32 – So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 16:13 – When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

John 4:24 – God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Psalm 25:5 – Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.

Psalm 116:160 – The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

James 1:18 – Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Proverbs 30:5 – Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

B. Thankfulness – When we trust we can then have intentional thankfulness

Psalm 100:4 – Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

1 Thessalonians 5:18 – give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Colossians 3:15-17 – And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Ephesians 5:20 – Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Chronicles 16:34 – Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

Psalm 7:174 – I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

II. R-eliable

Psalm 103:18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

A. Undependable – Some Christians are not dependable. They fail God and fail others which in turn makes them dissatisfied with God and also themselves.

Proverbs 25:19 NLT – Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.

Proverbs 18:24 – One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

B. Faithfulness – As believers, Christians, we should be trustworthy. When we are reliable, we can actually brings God’s approval and reward while enabling us to more freely trust the Lord

Psalm 125: 4 – Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!

Psalm 125:4 – Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

God Himself is Reliable –

2 Thessalonians 3:3 – But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

Deuteronomy 7:9 – Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

Isaiah 25:1 – O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

Psalm 121:1-3 – I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

Lamentations 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Psalm 55:22 – Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

2 Peter 3:9 – The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 Corinthians 10:13 – No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Hebrews 6:18 – so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

This season we have talked about what is, how to, and why we worship, what Faith is and how to have an effective prayer life – but all of this is meaningless unless you actually TRUST God. I believe you can because God is

Truth

Reliable

Unchanging

Sovereign &

Transcendent

Do you trust Him? Is He truth and the only source of truth?

How does having a thankful heart for God play into TRUSTING Him?

There are hundreds of Scripture that talks about the Faithfulness and Dependability on God, how do you experience that in your life?

Let us Pray and Worship the God we can TRUST!