“For we have heard of your faith
in Christ Jesus as leaning of your entire human personality on Him in absolute
trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness…”—Colossians 1:4
The Scriptures instruct us that we are to come to Jesus
with child-like faith. We can come to
Him with confidence and have reliance upon His character, ability and
strength. The disciples put their trust
in Him time-and-time again. For example,
when there was not enough food to feed the crowds of people, they did what
Jesus told them to do; they took a few fish and loaves of bread and passed it
out among the thousands of people. Can
you imagine how it must have been like to begin to pass out the food among the
great crowds of people? They had never
been in a situation like that before.
They simply trusted the Words of Jesus; did what He said to do, and then
began to witness the fish and loaves of bread multiplied.
One of the first times that I believed God for bread was
when we lived on the farm. I needed to
buy some bread and did not have enough money to buy a loaf of bread. So, I prayed and asked God for some bread
quoting Proverbs 37:25, “I have been
young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his
descendants begging bread.” A few hours after I had prayed, a man came to
our door with several loaves of bread. I learned that I could trust His goodness
in my life. Today trust His goodness to meet your every need.
Rahab, the harlot, is another example of someone who put
her confidence in God. When she hid the spies
that Joshua sent into Jericho, from the king of the country, she chose to trust
in God for deliverance when the Israeli army invaded their city. She was not disappointed; her life and lives
of her family members were spared (Joshua 2).
You can trust Him for your
deliverance. “How blessed is he who
considers the helpless; the Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble, the Lord
will protect him and keep him alive, and he shall be called blessed upon the
earth; and do not give him over to the desire of his enemies’ (Psalm 41:1-2).
The main speaker at a business seminar that I attended
related the following testimony of how he had been blessed. He said that he had over 3,000 employees
world-wide, and had several business and personal advisors. However, there were times that their advice
was not always enough. During these
times, he would schedule specific times to pray and seek God’s wisdom
throughout his busy day. Without fail, he always received wisdom and insight
that he had not previously known. “Blessed is the man who listens to [Wisdom]
me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors” (Proverbs
8:34).
There are times that we have put our trust in people and
they have disappointed and even failed us; however, the unfaithfulness of
people does not change the faithfulness of God.
God’s goodness never
changes. When we put our faith and trust
Him, His goodness is at work in our
lives.
Prayer—Father I purpose in my heart to
trust you and to seek your wisdom for life’s challenges. Thank you that I can trust your goodness to
be at work in my life, in Jesus Name. Amen.
