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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Thanks for encouraging me to trust and sharing a lovely view of Gods heart.
Thank you. He is such a trustworthy God, isn’t He?
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)
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.”
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.
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.”
Loved your article Abby!
Did not think about how much we hurt God when we don’t trust him in all things!
Thanks!
Thanks. You got it. That’s how it hit me too. Don’t want to hurt our dear Lord’s heart. Trust on!
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!
Amen! Such a great promise.
The fruit of trusting. I like that too.
“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.
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.
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
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.