The word trust basically means to believe in, to rely upon, to depend upon, to have hope toward or to place one’s full weight upon. Though the word faith is only found twice in the Old Testament, its equivalent, trust (and related words: trusteth, trusting, trusted), are found 146 times in the Old Testament. One of the best definitions is a letter-by-letter acrostic of the word TRUST.
Total Reliance Upon Something Tested
Normally, we never trust in something unless we have first tested it. Most believers can assuredly state that we have put God to the test—by throwing our full weight on Him during the tests and trials of life—and without a doubt, we have discovered, “He can be trusted.” The Most High is always there to encourage, strengthen, forgive and restore. The testing process is something God welcomes, for He urges all His own to—“Prove me now herewith…” (Mal. 3:10) In other words, God is saying, “Put me to the test and see whether or not you can depend on Me.”
The Word of God encourages us to “trust in Him at all times” and with “all” the heart. (Ps. 62:8, Pr. 3:5) These two statements cover all the bases, leaving no room for depression, discouragement, fear or unbelief. The true God is sovereign. He is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Thankfully, He is with us, in us and for us. So we can unreservedly place our past, present and future in His loving and powerful hands.
There are many rewards promised to those who trust in God. The following passages are two of the most significant. First, the prophet Jeremiah declares:
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” (Jer. 17:7-8)
So a trusting person is a planted person—planted in divine destiny and purpose—so that all events in life, both negative and positive, work together to achieve these divinely authored goals. Furthermore, a trusting person has an inexhaustible supply of divine grace—a river of life that constantly flows by—renewing, refreshing, restoring. Believers who trust do not “see when heat cometh.” In other words, those who trust tend to focus, not on negative hindrances, but on the positive help of the One who is never hindered.
The second promise is found in Psalm 125:1:
“They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.”
In these last days, we know that every mountain will be moved out of its place, quite possibly, both symbolically and literally. (See Rev. 6:14, 16:20) However, one mountain will never be moved—the mountain where God will set up His throne to rule a restored paradise world—that holy mountain called Zion. In other words, God is saying that everything else in this world is unstable and will eventually dissolve away. But a trusting person is just as unshakeable and immovable as the mountain that will become the hub of the coming Millennial Messianic Kingdom. We know that the offspring of God will abide forever—glorified and immortal—shining like the sun in the kingdom of our Father. So how should we view the future—during this life and beyond? This following poem says it conclusively and says it well.
I know not when or where I pass
From this familiar scene;
But He is here,
And He is there—
And He’s all the way between.
And when I pass from this veil of death
To that dim and vast unknown,
Though late I stay,
Or soon I go,
I shall not pass alone.
Total Reliance Upon Something Tested
Normally, we never trust in something unless we have first tested it. Most believers can assuredly state that we have put God to the test—by throwing our full weight on Him during the tests and trials of life—and without a doubt, we have discovered, “He can be trusted.” The Most High is always there to encourage, strengthen, forgive and restore. The testing process is something God welcomes, for He urges all His own to—“Prove me now herewith…” (Mal. 3:10) In other words, God is saying, “Put me to the test and see whether or not you can depend on Me.”
The Word of God encourages us to “trust in Him at all times” and with “all” the heart. (Ps. 62:8, Pr. 3:5) These two statements cover all the bases, leaving no room for depression, discouragement, fear or unbelief. The true God is sovereign. He is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Thankfully, He is with us, in us and for us. So we can unreservedly place our past, present and future in His loving and powerful hands.
There are many rewards promised to those who trust in God. The following passages are two of the most significant. First, the prophet Jeremiah declares:
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” (Jer. 17:7-8)
So a trusting person is a planted person—planted in divine destiny and purpose—so that all events in life, both negative and positive, work together to achieve these divinely authored goals. Furthermore, a trusting person has an inexhaustible supply of divine grace—a river of life that constantly flows by—renewing, refreshing, restoring. Believers who trust do not “see when heat cometh.” In other words, those who trust tend to focus, not on negative hindrances, but on the positive help of the One who is never hindered.
The second promise is found in Psalm 125:1:
“They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.”
In these last days, we know that every mountain will be moved out of its place, quite possibly, both symbolically and literally. (See Rev. 6:14, 16:20) However, one mountain will never be moved—the mountain where God will set up His throne to rule a restored paradise world—that holy mountain called Zion. In other words, God is saying that everything else in this world is unstable and will eventually dissolve away. But a trusting person is just as unshakeable and immovable as the mountain that will become the hub of the coming Millennial Messianic Kingdom. We know that the offspring of God will abide forever—glorified and immortal—shining like the sun in the kingdom of our Father. So how should we view the future—during this life and beyond? This following poem says it conclusively and says it well.
I know not when or where I pass
From this familiar scene;
But He is here,
And He is there—
And He’s all the way between.
And when I pass from this veil of death
To that dim and vast unknown,
Though late I stay,
Or soon I go,
I shall not pass alone.
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