Posts Tagged ‘Trust’

iTRUST #2

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Suzie's acrylic HEART Series #2 of 3I am back to the title iTRUST, because to trust or not is always my choice. It is good to hear all the “WE” stories of a great God, but I still need to be the one that trusts. No one can trust God for me.

As a child my father had verses hanging all over his truck. Sometimes they covered almost everything except his view forward. One verse he seemed to always have hanging was Proverbs 3:5-6:

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.

I read this and wonder how possible that is? All my heart is a lot! It is easy to trust God with my salvation and to get me to heaven, and even when everything is going great, but what about the other stuff. Relationships, money, struggles, a friend gets hurt or dies my dream comes crashing in around me . . . my heart is huge. Can I or will I trust the LORD with all my heart?

My heart is my desire. In who’s hands do I place my desires? Usually my own. But what if all of that was in the LORD or master of my life’s hands?

Then it hits my understanding. This takes trust from my heart to my head. I like to figure everything out. I like to think, solve problems, know what’s up with me and others. I often lean very much on what I know. But doesn’t that rob God of leading us? What if I still thought a lot, but the lean of my life, choices, speech, plans were upon the LORD. If I really trusted him would he forget to show up or lead?

“All my ways” is a whole bunch of ways. When I get up, what I eat, who I talk to or pass by, the way I talk, the places I go, the stories I tell, what I put into my mind . . . everything I do make up “All my ways.” SO what if I trusted the LORD enough to say, lead me. Wake me, Take me, Turn me, Stop me and Start me. I acknowledge you as important in every area. Wow would that change life.

Then the closer . . . He will make your paths straight. DO I WANT THAT MUCH CONNECTION TO GOD? That He makes my paths instead of me, He becomes LORD?

So back to trust . . . do I?

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iTRUST #1

Friday, September 11th, 2009


Over the last few months I have become more aware of my need to trust God. One of the main reasons for this growing reality is because many of the “trustworthy” foundations have become less dependable and unsure.

Can I really trust Jesus? Even in times when I cannot trust the world I have made?

I have begun a journey into Trust. I began the search with the title “trust or rust” but thought it best to launch with a simple declaration – iTRUST.

I will start with the first verse I find about trust:

Psalms 20:7

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

I love the word “some,” it is so . . . them! But I often have trusted in the wonderful things I have bought like “Chariots” and embraced my strengths “horses”. They are great for moments, but they do not last. Every chariot is replaced and every horse dies . . . BUT. Oh I love it when the Bible says BUT. It is like the TV commercial that is about to get better. “But Wait” there is more . . . more trust to consider.

We trust in the Name. This is a community thing. Trust is not I, but we – wee! I am together in this trust thing!

We trust in the “name”. What’s in a name? It is the character, the past track record, the reputation of the Lord or master of we. What does the “Name” represent?

Lets take it to a different level. The name of a bridge “Golden Gate” or an airline “Delta” or automaker “BMW” or a drink “Coca-cola.” The name is everything. If the bridge is known to have holes, the airline is known to crash, the auto is known to not start and the drink is known to make you sick. It cannot be trusted. But what if the NAME has a record of excellence? What if “WE” have not found any fault in the past record and what if the past trust has proven best?

Then “WE’ continue to TRUST in the one who’s NAME describes our LORD, and this Lord is a shared GOD.

So I think “iTRUST” is too limited because I am only 45 and the “WE” who trusts in this LORD has thousands of years with millions of WE.

New title . . . “WEtrust!”

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