Don’t Give up!
Last week we started talking about Isaac and how he wanted to leave the promised land when a famine came. We saw that God told him not to do what Abraham did and go down to Egypt. All Isaac had was a promise from God.
All we have is His Word and His presence. Is that enough? Hat have we built into our lives that will bring significant loss if it is taken away?
The things that I can trust God for if all else fails or is lost are what can sustain me. We should never place our trust in things that are only temporal. So I made a list of the God things that I can put all my trust in.
I trust God.
Who else can we trust, and who else can be our rock and our fortress? Who knows the end from the beginning, and who has all understanding? Who has infinite wisdom, and who is all-powerful? Who has the only answer to all of man’s struggles, and who has the power to redeem and restore us back to our original purpose? Who loves us with an everlasting love, and who will surely finish what He started? There is no one like God. No man can do what He did, and no man can provide what He provided for us in the death and resurrection of Christ His Son. Therefore, I can trust Him, and I do trust Him. Circumstances do not define Him. Sin does not change Him. Instead, it reveals Him and what we did not know about Him.
I trust His Word.
The Word of God is the most precious thing I have. I love reading it, meditating on it, and praying through the Word. His Word is eternal, and it brings life and light to my daily walk. Jesus said that the words He speaks are Spirit, and it is Life – John 6:63. It is more than just ink on paper. It is a spiritual encounter, and we have a guarantee that His Spirit will teach us, guide us, and lead us into all truth.
John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
I trust Him for my Salvation.
No one can save us but God. Unfortunately, no religion has the answer to mans greatest need. No man can save you, and no job can save you, no investment can save you, only God can save you. He provided the only way for any man or woman to come to Him – John 14:6. Thank God that He told us so we don’t waste time and effort trying the stuff that does not work.
Is. 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me, there is no savior.
I trust Him for my supply.
The most significant way to learn to trust God for our supply is to start by getting our priorities right, stop worrying, and seek Him. We know that He cares for all the birds of the air and everything else. He even knows what we need before we even ask. So what we must do is prioritize Him and the Kingdom before our own needs.
Matt. 6:25-33 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you, by worrying, can add one cubit to his stature? “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I say that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?’ or “What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things, the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
I trust He will never leave me or forsake me.
On many occasions, I have left His side. Most of the time, it was unintentional, but there have been times when my own choice hardened my heart, and I went to do my own thing. In all these times, He never left me or forsook me. He has always been faithful, and that gives me great confidence. What He started in me, He will surely finish. You see, I am not a Christian or even a believer. I am a son. My identity is not defined by what I believe or how people might categorize me. My identity is “I am family.”
John 1:12-13 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
HE gave birth to me into the Kingdom. Family is not a team sport where you get kicked off because you did not perform right. No, family is different. Family stick together. Family means you belong.
Eph. 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
The prodigal left and wanted to return, not as a son but as a servant. However, the Father would not allow that. So you can go your way, but anytime you return, you are welcomed back – Luke 15.
There are many other things you can trust God for. Make your own list.
Suppose I lose everything else in this life. His Word and His presence would be enough.
