What Does Trusting God Look Like?

Guest: Ethan Severin

 

What does it mean for a young man to really trust in the Lord? 

 

Proverbs 3:5-6 - 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 straight your paths.

 

When you trust in God, will that mean that you always get what you want from a good and loving God? No. God’s ways are higher than our ways…sometimes love hurts or is disappointing or painful - we have to learn to trust the heart and plans of a good God will run counter to our own self-interests in many ways.

 

Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

 

Jim Elliot - He is no fool to give what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

 

Men - you can’t trust someone you don’t know. You must know God personally to learn to trust Him. Can you know God? Yes. God reveals Himself through His creation, through His Word, and through His one and only Son Jesus Christ! God created us to be in an intimate and personal relationship with Him made possible by the work of Jesus Christ who lived the perfect life that we couldn’t and gave His life as a ransom for many (Matt. 20:28).

 

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Huge thank you to Jared Wood for allowing T4M to use his music in our intro and outro selections.