Biblical Trust: Learning to Trust Wisely

I do think because we use that word so much, we don't always know what it means.

And I think sometimes we actually believe we're commanded to trust in places that maybe the Bible doesn't command me to trust.

When is it commanded by God? Sometimes we don't think much about it.

Or I've heard this phrase, you know, I'm a trusting person.

Yeah.

And I would say that if that's true, it's usually until that trust is betrayed.

Sure.

Now, I not only may start to have a lot of questions about what just happened and how do I think through that kind of a betrayal, but now I'm going to probably find I walk forward kind of distrusting other people.

Mm-hmm.

And is that okay? Is that cynical? Is that wrong? What does the Bible actually say to me about trust? Because I believe that we, as followers of Jesus, are commanded to do whatever God says.

Right.

My concern is that sometimes we've added to it and lived under a weight that maybe isn't even from the Lord.

Yeah, that makes sense.

So

let's start with, as usual, defining our terms.

When I looked it up in the New International Dictionary, here are some of the concepts.

Full of confidence.

Safety.

security.

So when I think about trust in those terms, it's at least in my mind very clear I'm commanded to trust God.

I'm commanded to have complete confidence in God, to recognize I am 100% safe and 100% secure if I am in Christ, in God.

Does that mean that we will never die because we're always safe and always secure?

You know what? Spiritually, yes.

Yeah.

I just want to make sure we clarified that.