Trust is a two-way street with two traveling it together.
The Bible has many places and people who didn’t see a way out of their dilemma. Moses at the Red Sea. Then there was Gideon with 300 men who would defeat 135,000. The impossible became possible. David, a young shepherd defeated a mighty warrior with a small smooth stone. In each of these cases there appeared no way of victory. Mighty things happen when trust is placed in God.
My intention in all that I write is for you to read God's Word. To trust what God has promised in His Word. For the more one reads asking God for understanding the stronger relationship one builds with their Heavenly Father. The better one understands the God that loves them the more they will trust. Get in the Bible and learn how much God cares what goes on in your life.
Proverbs 15:3 (KJV) The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
July
Colossians 1:7 (KJV) As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ.
In verse 7 we read and learn of a man named Epaphras. We read that Epaphras was a dear fellow servant of the Apostle Paul. Epaphras is mentioned only 3 times in the New Testament, twice in Colossians and once in Philemon. In Colossians 1:7 Paul refers to him as a Fellow servant. In Colossians 4:12 Epaphras is referred to as a Servant of Christ. In Philemon he is referred to a Fellow prisoner. Philemon 1:23 (KJV) There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
So what do we know about this man? In verse 7 we learn that Epaphras was a “faithful minister of Christ.” That Epaphras was teaching and showing the love of the Spirit. When Paul heard this about Epaphras he began to pray for those he was teaching that they might be filled with the knowledge of God’s will with spiritual understanding. Paul also was praying for their walk with the Lord and the knowledge of God. Paul was praying as we read on in chapter one for their strength and joyfulness in suffering. Do what? How can one have joy at the same time they are suffering? Let me give an example. Let’s say you got a letter in the mail from the loan institution that held the mortgage on your home. When you opened it up you read where they were calling for the loan to be paid in full and then gave you a date. There’s no way, you don’t have that kind of money. That would be suffering. What if you didn’t have the money but you knew that before the due date a large check was being placed in your account that would more than cover the loan. How much do you think you would be suffering? That’s what the Apostle was praying for and that’s how one can have joy in suffering. Psalms 56:3 (KJV) What time I am afraid,(worried, troubled, suffering) I will trust in thee. We were never promised a life without problems or suffering. Do you remember the movie “GroundHog Day?” Phil relives it over and over again. That’s what many of us do: we relive day after day our troubles. When God is saying don’t worry, trust me. Don’t get the wrong impression, no one goes through this life and never has a care. No that’s not so, but in our suffering we must learn to trust in the God who loves us and that He will help us in our suffering. Read the cry’s from those in the scriptures. Psalms 25:17 (KJV) The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Psalms 34:6 (KJV) This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Learn not to trust yourself in your suffering, learn to trust God in your trouble.
