PathFinder Ministries

Trust God or Trust Self/Others

A - Even better than to understand God ~ is to trust God!

S - "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. " ~Isaiah 55:8-9

A - Do you struggle with trust? Have you been hurt or betrayed in the past which has caused you to build a wall of protection? Do you have a hard time trusting what people say? The definition of trust is: belief in the reliability, honesty and responsibility of another; hope.

God wants to be trusted. He wants to prove Himself reliable and honest. He wants to give you hope for your hour, your day, your week, your month, your life. The Scripture for today describes one of God's attributes ~ all knowing. He knows what the future holds and it may not be anything close to what you imagined it would look like. But by trusting Him, you can rest assured that it will be an awesome and rewarding experience! Don't miss it by abandoning and giving up on His plans and purposes for you. Stick close to His side and claim Isaiah 26:3-4 - "God will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord is the Rock eternal." All your worrying, doubting, questioning, and controlling will not give you the peace of mind and eternal strength that God will give when you trust Him.

The act of trusting God says - "You are God, I am not. Let's do things your way!" Are you able to say that today? If you are struggling with accepting, commiting and trusting God with your life, I want to encourage you to take time today to look up these verses. They will show the benefits of trusting God and the woes of not: Ps. 20:7; Ps. 56:3; Ps. 119:42; Ps. 125:1; Prov 3:5-6; Ps. 118:8; Prov 11:28; Prov 28:26; Jeremiah 7:4, Jer. 9:4; Ps. 28:7; Ps. 32:10; Ps. 34:8; Ps. 84:11-12; Jer. 17:5-6 and Jer. 17:7-8.

P - Responding to God is not easy. It requires you to relinquish control. Cling to today's scripture. Ask God to help you accept that His ways and thoughts are not like yours and thank Him for that! (What a mess we'd be in if they were :) Trust in the hope that His ways and thoughts for you are higher than the heavens ~ beyond anything you could ever hope and dream of!

Next Time....Identify God as your Guide