Life Is A Matter Of Trust

Trust in God is not just something we talk about in church and move on. Trust in God is the only thing that gets us through where the rubber meets the road. It is in those days when life defies our logic. In those days when life just does not make any sense. These are the times, which we need to trust God the most. We need to trust God when life just gets tough because if we don’t trust him the tough stuff, we don’t trust Him at all.

Trust is not about logic, it is a matter of faith. We may go through hard times, we may have days filled with heart ache and pain, we may have days when life is beyond our control. Life is never beyond God’s control. When we lean on our own understanding, we gain only what we can do for ourselves. When we lean on God, we gain His limitless resources.

III. Trust must acknowledge God’s presence

Vs. 6 “in all your ways acknowledge him”

There have been more than a few days, when I have clung to the promise that God will never leave us or forsake us. God made the promise that He would always be with us. When God makes a promise, He keeps it! If God never leaves us, we can trust Him in every situation and in every trial. God always comes through in every problem and every trail, even when we barely get through. The power and presence of God gets us through the tough stuff of life.

One of my favorite verses of scripture is in Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”

If someone believes that they don’t need God, why should he do anything for them. If they have the attitude that they are going to live life on their own, God will let them. The best things that God has to offer us don’t come until we say I need you God. The power does not come until we confess that we need it. God seldom breaks into the lives of those who will not trust Him. God seldom accomplishes great things in the lives of those who refuse to trust Him.

Before we can live in a lifestyle of trust, we must acknowledge our deep need for God. Without admitting that we need God, we rob ourselves of His presence, His provision, and His power. Trusting God is a choice, and we make it every day in the way we live and in the way we acknowledge Him.

IV. Trust follows the path God lays out

Vs. 6 “and he will make your paths straight.”

There is an old saying “Do not follow where the path may lead but go where there is no path and blaze a trail.” God does not need or want you to blaze His trail. He is the original trailblazer and He lays out the path for life. God’s desire for you is to find His trial and follow it with all of your being, all the days you draw breath.

We do not make our own path but we follow the one that God lays out for our lives. God is the one who sets the path for life and either we follow it or we don’t. Life is just that simple. Our problem is that we get too busy trying to blaze the trial, chart the course and plan out every detail of life, that we leave God out of the picture. I would rather walk the path of pain and suffering with God than walk the path of pleasure and success without Him.