In God I Trust

Without trusting in God, we will never be able to receive from Him.

Key Points

• Lack of trust creates a wall that separates us from God’s love.
• Trust comes
  • In hearing – the more we hear people and understand where they’re coming from we can trust them.
  • In observing – when we see how they live, we can understand and trust.
• Faith and trust are not exactly the same thing.
  • Faith: Believing that God is
  • Trust: Believing that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
    • Trust is what keeps us going back to the Lord and obeying Him.
  • Trust is defined as a bold, confident security, or actions based on that security.
    • Trusting in God means that we can rely on His goodness.
      • This leads to peace in every circumstance – we can trust God to take care of us.
    • Trust in God is built through interactions with Him (our prayers, His response, etc).
    • Faith, by contrast, is a gift from God, given at the time of salvation.
• Biblical Examples
  • Abraham
    • God told him to get up and get out of his own country
    • By doing so, Abraham saved himself
  • Noah
    • God told him to build an ark.
    • He saved his family by trusting God
  • David
    • He observed that God delivered him from the lion & the bear; he trusted that God would deliver him from Goliath.
      • He spoke God’s will into the situation, and trusted that God would back up his words.
    • He saved a nation by trusting God
  • Jesus
    • He trusted the Father enough to go to the cross.
    • He saved the whole world by trusting God.
  • Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego
    • They trusted God to deliver them from Nebuchadnezzar.
      • Even if He didn’t deliver them, they would still refuse to bow down to the king’s idol.
    • They were delivered, and God was glorified before the king of Babylon
  • Daniel
    • He trusted God to deliver him from the lion’s den.
    • God was glorified before the king of Persia.
  • Job
  • Paul

Key Verses: Heb. 11:6, Prov. 3:2-12, Rom. 4:3, Heb. 11:7, 1 Sam. 17:37; 45-47, Jeremiah 29:11, Daniel 3, Daniel 6