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Overcoming Trust Issues

  • Abigail Wallace
  • August 15, 2022
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Do you have trust issues? I do. But they’re not so much with trusting others as with others trusting me.

I don’t mean trusting me to decorate a cake or back up a trailer or cut your hair. Ask my husband and sons about trailers and haircuts. I don’t even trust myself to do those things well.

My trust issues come when friends don’t trust that I will come through and do what I promised to do. Because being trusted means the world to me.

My trust—or being trusted—issues make me wonder if our lack of trust in God grieves our Father’s heart.

Remember when the disciples were in the boat, terrified by the storm-tossed sea? “But [Jesus] was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm” (Mark 4:38-39).

When we stay confident in God’s promises and care during life’s storms, I’m pretty sure that makes Him glad. But what a pang must shoot through His heart when we don’t.

We hear that in Jesus’ reply. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith” (Mark 4:40)?

At rock bottom, our great fear reveals our little faith. It unveils our ‘trust issues’. But we can’t trust someone we don’t know. So let’s get to know God. He revealed Himself in 66 books, because He wants our trust.

“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us” (Psalm 62:8).

What Bible promise(s) helps you trust God?

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Abigail Wallace

Abigail is a Bible teacher and writer whose greatest joys come from helping women grow strong in their faith as they learn to see through their "hard" to the loving hand of God. Abigail lives in a little house in the big woods of Wisconsin with her husband and two sons. She loves to stalk sunsets, walk with friends, and mark all over books as she reads. Sign up for more soul-strengthening, biblical encouragement at AbigailWallace.com or follow her on Facebook or Instagram.

14 comments
  1. Charissa says:
    August 15, 2022 at 9:56 am

    Thanks for encouraging me to trust and sharing a lovely view of Gods heart.

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    1. Abigail says:
      August 15, 2022 at 1:29 pm

      Thank you. He is such a trustworthy God, isn’t He?

      Reply
  2. Hannah F says:
    August 15, 2022 at 9:58 am

    Thanks for the reminder of God’s trustworthiness.
    In the last day, one of the promises of God I’ve been remembering is, “no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” (Ps 84:11)

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    1. Abigail says:
      August 15, 2022 at 1:32 pm

      Thank you, Hannah. I love that one. For me today, it’s Psalm 34:18 “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
      on those who hope in his steadfast love,
      that he may deliver their soul from death
      and keep them alive in famine.”

      Reply
  3. Deb Wustmann says:
    August 15, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    How true and so needed in my life. Thank you for reminding me that I can strengthen my relationship with God by taking time each day just for Him.

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    1. Abigail says:
      August 15, 2022 at 1:34 pm

      Thank you for the comment. I need this reminder everyday, too. “Mary has chosen the better part, and it won’t be taken from her.”

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  4. Mary Loveless says:
    August 15, 2022 at 2:15 pm

    Loved your article Abby!
    Did not think about how much we hurt God when we don’t trust him in all things!
    Thanks!

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    1. Abigail says:
      August 15, 2022 at 2:57 pm

      Thanks. You got it. That’s how it hit me too. Don’t want to hurt our dear Lord’s heart. Trust on!

      Reply
  5. Cindy Mooney says:
    August 15, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    I love Proverbs 3:5-6. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
    Thank you for the reminder to trust. The fruit of trusting with all our heart is great indeed!

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  6. Abigail says:
    August 15, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    Amen! Such a great promise.
    The fruit of trusting. I like that too.

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  7. Precious Mast says:
    August 16, 2022 at 2:23 pm

    “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”‭‭ Psalm‬ ‭55:22‬ ‭
    Thank you for the reminder to keep trusting our faithful God.

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    1. Abigail says:
      August 16, 2022 at 6:35 pm

      Thank you for that one. I am encouraged! It reminds me of Psalm 62:2, “Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
      he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.”
      Thanks, Precious.

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  8. Cora Bushey says:
    August 17, 2022 at 7:10 am

    Yes, I want to make my Abba Father’s heart glad when I choose to trust in him no matter what my circumstances may look like. I sometimes picture me slipping my hand in His like a little child admitting my fear, and great need of his presence, comfort and help.
    “Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” Psalm 62:8

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  9. Abigail says:
    August 17, 2022 at 10:53 am

    So beautifully put: “slipping my hand in His like a little child admitting my fear, and great need of his presence, comfort and help.” And He calls us to pour out our hearts like this and to cling to him.

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