TRUST IN GOD

Job 13: 14, 15

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? Though He slay me, yet will I trust him, but I will defend mine own ways before Him.

ULTIMATE TRUST

Why do we want to take our flesh in our teeth and our life in our hand? What good does it do to try to control our life? Can we see tomorrow or the next minute of time? What will happen if we give our entire life to GOD and let Him direct our path?

The reason that we want to take our life in our own hand is that we do not trust GOD completely. We tend to trust what we see and only what we can see, and GOD is a Spirit and they that worship Him, must worship Him in Spirit and in truth. A block to the mighty work of GOD in our life is to trust only what we see with our eyes. Trust in the LORD must come before the mighty work of salvation can be fully realized in our life.  The price has been paid for our salvation; we are united to GOD through the finished work of JESUS on the cross and the pouring of His Blood on the mercy seat. To make that work of grace alive in us, we must trust JESUS in the same manner that He trusted His Father - total and complete trust. 

Psalm 17: 7 says this, "Show Thy marvelous loving-kindness, O Thou who savest by Thy right hand those who put their trust in Thee, from those who rise up against them." Those who put their total trust in JESUS have the power of GOD defending them from all harm. 

Psalm 37:40 tells us that, "The LORD shall help them, and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him." The LORD has bound Himself to those who trust in Him, He will guide, govern and protect those who lean on Him in total trust.

Isaiah 26: 3 shows us the result of total trust in the LORD, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in Thee." The path to perfect peace is total trust in the LORD. This is how the Apostle Paul could sleep peacefully in prison when he was threatened with execution. Paul trusted in the LORD. Perfect peace and perfect rest are the gifts that GOD gives to those who trust Him.

TRUST YE IN THE LORD FOREVER; FOR IN THE LORD GOD IS EVERLASTING STRENGTH (Isaiah 26: 4)