BELIEVING IN THE PROMISES OF GOD IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES – Saturday, 16th August 2025
Text for Today: Prov. 3:1-10 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” (vs. 5).
When you tell anyone about what you have capacity for, or what a product you want them to buy is able to do, they will surely ask you for a proof. Trust is a valid proof that someone has faith in God. The words translated “trust” in the Bible literally mean “a bold, confident, sure security or action based on that security.” Trust is not exactly the same as faith, which is the gift of God (Ephes. 2:8-9). Rather, trusting is what we do because of the faith we have been given. Trust is believing in the promises of God in all circumstances, even in those where the evidence seems to be in the contrary.
Heb. 11 talks about faith, which is accepting and believing the truth that God reveals about Himself, supremely in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, the practical consequence of faith in God is trust, which we prove by living out our full acceptance of God’s promises day by day. Furthermore, it is by this trust that we are promised peace: “You will keep in peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you” (Is. 26:3). Our text for today sums up the Bible’s teaching on trust. First, it is the Lord in whom we are to trust, not ourselves or our plans, and certainly not the world’s wisdom and devices. We trust in the Lord because He and He alone is truly trustworthy. His Word is trustworthy (Ps. 93:5; 111:7; Titus 1:9), His nature is faithful and true (Deut. 7:9; Psalm 25:10; 145:13; 146:6), and His plans for us are perfect and purposeful (Is. 46:10; Jer. 29:11).
You are a Champion!
Further Study: Is. 26:1-21.
Covenant Prayers
- Father, thank you for being my strength and my fortress.
- I cast out every spirit of doubt from my life.
- I receive grace to trust in the Lord completely.
- Father, cause my life to be a proof of your power.
QUOTE: “TRUSTING IS BELIEVING IN THE PROMISES OF GOD IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.”
