Do you trust me?

Prayer

Today we are going to learn about trust. We know that God exists, right? How do we know that he exists? We can read the Bible and believe it, we can look at the trees, the birds, our hands and know something created it. Things just cant simply be, they are created by something, right? So we believe God exists! Is it hard to believe God exists when we cannot see him? So does that make it hard to trust him when he says in the Bible he will take care of us, protect us, and provide for our needs?

We are going to do something today. To learn about trusting in God. Sometimes when he calls us to not worry and trust in him, it is hard to do, but he always comes through for us.

So, you think you can trust in him no problem? Lets test it out.

(Have a plastic bag full of water, hold it over a kids head

Do you have faith in me? Do you trust that I won’t spill this entire bag of water on your head? 

What about if I poke a hole in this bag with a pencil? Do you still believe me?

Well, I’m going to do it. I’m going to poke this pencil through the bag, and you are NOT going to get wet. Do you still believe me?

( Do it)

Did you get wet? It seems impossible, doesn’t it? Trusting me in this moment makes no sense. And yet, here we are with a bag full of water and two holes without any leakage. 

Would you trust that I won’t get you wet even if I poked another pencil through this bag?

How about another? 

And another? 

Sometimes in life, we can feel like we’re getting poked with holes. Friends move away, family members get sick, or our pet dies. It hurts, but trusting God is a bit like trusting that you wouldn’t get wet when I held that bag of water over you. We CAN trust God, even when it seems like everything is going horribly wrong. He loves and cares for us. 

Proverbs 3:5–6 NLT

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

Hebrews 11:1 NLT

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.

Isaiah 43:2 NLT

When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

So we can live confidently knowing we can trust God through thick and thin!