Trust In The Lod

Trust in the Lord

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight”, “…put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed,”  “…blessed is he who trusts in the Lord,” “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord And whose trust is the Lord” are Scripture statements in Proverbs, 2nd Chronicles and Jeremiah.

A common word above is “trust”.  My dictionary describes “trust’ when used as a noun;  “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something; acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation:”  Used as a verb; ”believe in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of: allow someone to have, use, or look after (someone or something of importance or value) with confidence: commit (someone or something) to the safekeeping of:”  It’s root implies “strong”.

“Trust in the Lord” is the common statement.  The Lord, the Creator, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the one who gave His only begotten Son to be our Redeemer is who we are referring to.

Have you noticed that it is increasingly difficult to know what or who to believe in this world?  Have you discovered that lying, defaulting on a vow, cheating to get ahead, being unfaithful and much more seem to be “the norm”?  Persons and organizations ask you to “trust them”, and then bring disappointment because they do not live up the the word or promise given.  We are told to teach our young children not to trust anyone. Distrust seems to be rampant. How sad.  No wonder so many express hopelessness.

Just last evening, I was reading an account of a man who was renowned as an atheistic scientist.  His testimony was that for fifty years he believed the Theory of Evolution, and taught it passionately based on his trust in the science he gave his life to.  Then, he said that having been taught to follow a belief to its end, that same science let him to God the Creator of Heaven and Earth.  His studies discounted the so-called “Big Bang Theory” as he discovered that something / anything without life could not produce life, that only a living tissue, plant or entity was capable of reproduction. He also discovered and proved to himself the “Laws of Nature” are consistent and orderly.  Hence, he proved to himself and began to refute his own teachings about the Theory of Evolution, by writing of the proof of a “living, intelligent being” that had to have created the world. By the time he passed from this earth, he had put his trust in the Lord.  I rehearsed that to say this - If that educated scientist who had given his life to disbelief, and distrust concerning the very existence of a God who had created the universe could prove to himself and change his mind, any of us could certainly do the same.

This Creator God is referred to “as the God of Hope” in Scripture which also says “faith, hope and love abide forever”.

Today, if you don’t know which way to turn, or you don’t what what to believe, or who to trust, seek the Lord Most High.  Seek Him with all your heart, and you shall find Him. Inquire of Him - in prayer and through His Word, and He will reveal that He, above all else in this world can be trusted.  He honors His Word above His name, and His name is the name above all names. He remains faithful even if I / we become unfaithful.  His Word is Truth. He cannot lie. When we honestly say “My trust is in you O Lord, my God”, He becomes our protector, our provider, and the one who leads us into all truth. He warns us of things to come. He can be trusted, after all, He is our Creator, the maker of Heaven and Earth, the Almighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of all Peace and much more.  

I have learned, and continue to learn to “Trust in the Lord with all my heart”. My prayer is that you and your household do so as well.  This is Independence Day weekend. Learn to be independent of the worlds ways, but fully dependent on the Lord our God. Rejoice and take time to establish or re-establish your trust in the Lord.  May grace and peace multiply as you grow in knowledge of Christ, our Redeemer - the one who ever lives to make intercession for us.  You can trust Him. 

Remember When

Remember When
We were recently at a Conference where the first speaker stated he had a vision on the way in which Holy Spirit said “Remember When”. He said he understood this to be a ‘Word” from the Lord concerning the Conference. When he spoke the above, my mind instantly recalled a message we recently shared from Scripture which says “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so”, from which one can easily say it this way - “let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story”, (i.e. remembering when—-)
Remembering when, or recalling the experiences of the working of God in our lives brings hope, strength and faith into ones life today, because we know that Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever, and that our God changes not.
Psalms 135 verses 13 and 14 say “Your name, O Lord is everlasting, Your remembrance, O Lord throughout all generations. For the Lord will judge His people and will have compassion on His servants.” We are a part of the “all generations” who are to remember Him.
Conference speakers spoke of the need to “keep moving forward” in our walk with the Lord. One spoke of the admonition of the Lord to “shift or squeeze through a narrow place” in order to move into the / our future (expected end) as a body of believers on the earth. He acknowledged the confusion and chaos we are faced with daily in our lives, stating the will of the Lord is to deliver His people from confusion and chaos. Meaning to me, that our expected end is the increase of His Government and of His Peace in our lives.
As I have pondered the Conference messages, I remembered the Apostle Paul’s writing in
1 Timothy 4:1 “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,” and realized we are in those times where many have fallen away, and many have bought the lies of deceitfulness arising from the kingdom of darkness. Certainly, far too many consciences seem to have be cauterized. We have those who should be morally and intelligently leading us saying we have to allow persons to choose which gender they want to be and seem to have missed the issue of a Creator who gave us a bathroom assignment at conception. That choice is not ours to make. It is the result of ignoring or not remembering the Truth of our Creator. Abortion is approached as a health issue, when indeed it is about the death of a child who has been given life at conception. In nearly every area of our lives, confusion and chaos seem to be arising. Fears and anxious thoughts fill the lives of far to many. As Isaiah prophesied, “good will be called evil, and evil will be called good”. Can we remember that the God of Creation does not tempt man with evil?
How long will we, the citizens of a Nation created by our founding Fathers to honor the God of all creation be continually led as sheep to the slaughter in this pathway which will surely lead even our Nation towards destruction? When will enough of us make a noise first in our Appeals to Heaven, and then to those who are assigned as leaders, and who have taken an oath to

honor our Constitution. Rights granted us by our Creator do not change. Truth does not evolve. Truth is forever truth. The Word of God is an Eternal Truth.
Can we who are part of the family of God on earth begin again to remember when God delivered His people in spite of overwhelming odds against them? Can we remember when the Lord told His people that if they obeyed His Word they would be provided for and protected, and that if they did not obey, their sin would ultimately lead to their death, and even the destruction of their land through adverse weather events causing famine and desolation, even leading to their enslavement by other nations.
Can we remember how He split the Red Sea and the Jordan? Can we remember how Moses tapped a rock and millions of gallons of water came from it in the desert? Can we remember how the Spirit of Might came on Elijah and he outran the Kings horses? Can we remember the miracles of Christ Jesus revealed in the Gospels? Can we remember the Acts of the Apostles recorded in the New Testament? Can we remember the experiences of the Lord in our own lives? Can we “tell our stories” to one another and to a people who have fallen away, or payed attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons? Can we ourselves squeeze through a narrow place in these troubling times of confusion and chaos to reach our expected end? If we choose to believe, “Yes, we can” according the Word of God.
As we “remember when” the Lord acted, we build real hope. Hope becomes a substance for ones faith to remain strong. If we hope for change, it should be that we behold our King (Jesus), and are changed from glory to glory. Our changes should be from grace to grace. Hebrews 2:1 says “For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it”
My appeal is to Heaven, and to each of us to “remember when” our unchanging God released Himself into the lives of humanity to reveal who He really is and how He really does provide for and protect any who choose to believe and obey Him. May we each pay close attention to what we learned about the Lord from His Word. It is not hard, but does require a firm commitment to know the Truth which makes us free from the wages of sin - first personally, and then increasingly for our land. If you make the commitment, you will surely find His Grace is sufficient.
May the blessings of our Lord abound in your life today in Jesus name.