Why You Can Trust God Sermon by John Dobbs, Proverbs 3:5-6

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Why You Can Trust God

Contributed by John Dobbs on May 21, 2020 (message contributor)

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Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Summary: One of the things we have learned in this experience with COVID-19 is that we have to learn to trust God.

WHY YOU CAN TRUST GOD

Introduction

One of the things we have learned in this experience with COVID-19 is that we have to learn to trust God. There are too many unknowable things about the virus. It leaves so many questions unanswered. Why some get ill, some do not. Why some recover, and some do not. How is it transmitted so invisibly? What is the future going to look like as we learn to live with it? Why do doctors and health professionals have vastly different opinions about the virus and how to respond?

In all the things we cannot know, the one thing that brings us hope is God is present, He is Holy, He is all powerful, and He can be trusted. Today I want us to think about why we can trust God. There are many wonderful stories about trusting God, but I want us to focus on our Bible. When you hold your Bible in your hand, you hold the wisdom of God through the ages. You are able to hear a Word from Him simply by opening its pages and reading. What a wonderful privilege.

Proverbs 3:5-6 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.

Trust is something we decide to do. It is our response to what we know and love about God. It requires our heart. It is out of devotion that we give our lives to Him. Scripture promises that if we seek God’s will He will show us the path to take in our lives.

Some things we experience may make it difficult to feel trust in God. But notice that this verse does not tell us to feel close to God. In fact, it tells us to look beyond our feelings - do not depend on your own understanding. Instead, seek God’s input in your life and believe what he has given you in His Word. When bad things happen or when we give in to temptation or when we have tried to do everything right and it still has produced struggles - all of those are times when trusting God seems hard. But the Lord understands these things and He will remain with us while we try to figure it out. Corrie Ten Boom famously said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” Trusting God can be a challenge - but there are many reasons why you should trust Him.

Looking through the Scriptures, there are several expressions of faith that teach us why we can trust God.

TRUST GOD BECAUSE NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR HIM.

Jeremiah 32:17, 26-27 O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you! .... Then this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?

John Piper assembled a list of the works of the Lord. He wrote:

He created the universe out of nothing (John 1:1). He turned Lot’s wife into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26). He split the Red Sea (Exodus 14:22). He brought bread from the sky (Exodus 16:15) and water from a rock (Numbers 20:11). He slew 185,000 Assyrian soldiers to save his people (2 Kings 19:35). He caused ravens to bring his prophets food (1 Kings 17:6). He made the jar of meal and the cruse of oil keep on giving till the famine was over (1 Kings 17:16). He shut the lions’ mouths to protect Daniel (Daniel 6:22). He caused a virgin to conceive a child (Luke 1:31). He cleansed lepers (Luke 17:14) and healed the lame (Matthew 15:30) and gave sight to the blind (Matthew 9:30) and hearing to the deaf (Mark 7:37). He fed 5,000 with a few loaves and fish (Matthew 14:20). He raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:43). He caused Peter to find a coin in a fish’s mouth (Matthew 17:27).