![]() ![]() By turning “to the proud,” the psalmist may have meant the wealthy but his point is “ Commit your way to the Lord trust in him, and he will act” (Psalm 37:5). He wrote, “ Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie” (Psalm 40:4). The level of trust that the psalmist had in God was obvious in his writings. If you want to read about the subject of trust, then I strongly suggest you dive into the Book of Psalms because this book contains more than one third of all the biblical references about trust (53 times) in the Bible (147 times) so if you’re having a hard time with trust, dive into the Book of Psalms. Psalm 25:2 “ O my God, in you I trust let me not be put to shame let not my enemies exult over me.” What happens if Christians start to trust in themselves? Trusting in God Why was one justified and the other not (Luke 18:13-14)?ĭo you know some people who trust in themselves?Īre they on dangerous ground if they’re not saved? The tax collector, generally scorned by the Jews, was “standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner’” (Luke 18:13) so Jesus said “ this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other”(Luke 18:14). The self-righteous trust in their own good works but to God, these are deplorable and worthless to Him (Isaiah 64:6 Eph 2:8-9). The trust that Jesus was talking about was much more than just our life. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes” (James 4:13-14), so now is no time to be trusting in ourselves. James wrote, “ Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. We are finite human beings that could be here today and gone tomorrow. If we are trusting in ourselves like the Pharisees did, then we’re in serious jeopardy because we are not trustworthy. Luke 18:9-10 “ He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.” Why is the Word described as a lamp for our feet and light to our path?ĭo you try to walk in the path of your own understanding? How so? What does it mean that God will “straighten your paths?” Why does the psalmist say we must “acknowledge Him?” If you lean on your own understanding there’s nothing holding you up and you’re going to fall instead, acknowledge Him and He’ll straighten the path for you. Trust the Light (John 8:12) because the darkness cannot overcome it (John 1:5). ![]() Both of these lessen the chance of having a fall. The point is, the Bible illuminates those things around your feet so that you might not stumble over something unforeseen, but there’s more His Word lights up the path, so we can see our steps and but also what we’re about to trip over if we’re not careful (1st Cor 6:18 James 4:7). Jesus’ teachings are found in the New Testament and are part of the Word of God, but He is actually proclaimed to be the very Word of God (John 1:1, 14), and so by trusting in Him, you are trusting in His Word. If you’ve got a Bible, then you’ve got the Word of God, and if you read it, you’ll agree with what the psalmist wrote “ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105). It turns out that my trust was well placed for He made my paths straighter and I didn’t stumble as often as I did before. It was only later that I learned to lean on God’s Word and trusting it with all my heart. ![]() If you’re like me, you like to trust in yourself in your own intelligence, your own intuition, and your own experience, but these three have failed me many times. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 “ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. ![]()
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