Trust in the Lord

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

The word “trust” is defined as: Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person. But carries an additional deeper meaning for God-fearing Christians to commit to the care of, in confidence. Trust your Maker with yourself and all your concerns. In an age of heathenism and “trust no one”, we are reaping the consequences of ignoring, forgetting, losing and being ignorant of godly principles and standards. Where is the adoration, honor, glory, respect and reverence of the Lord? Who do you trust? Or more accurately, Who can you trust? Steadfast trust in holiness and righteous towards a trustworthy Lord God is dearly needed today.

Psalm 84:12 “O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!”

Every American coin bears the motto “In God We Trust” thanks largely to the strong religious fervor born of the Civil War. In 1861, a Baptist minister, the Rev. Mark R. Watkinson of Ridleyville, Pennsylvania, had written a letter to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase urging that provision be made for “the recognition of the Almighty God in some form on our coins.” Said Watkinson: “This would relieve us from the ignominy of heathenism. This would place us openly under the Divine protection we have personally claimed.” The US Two Cent Piece was born in godliness as the first coin to bear our national motto. Rev. Watkinson’s reasoning rings true today.

Psalm 91:2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”

It’s a fearful dog-eat-dog world out there today. Psalm 109:4-5 says, “In return for my love they are my accusers, but I give myself to prayer. Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.” Why? The sinful desires and subsequent deeds of the fallen flesh of mankind, as we read in Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions,  heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” The consequences to godless lawlessness is a chaotic society. Who puts their trust there?

 Psalm 115:11 “You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.”

What we need is to stop putting our trust in ourselves or the secular culture and by faith start centering our trust on Almighty God alone. Trust in the Lord because, truly, in God we trust.

In Christ, Brian