BUILD YOUR TRUST

Trust, according to the English dictionary has been defined as reliance on the integrity, strength, surety etc of a person or thing. It has also been simply defined as Confidence.

We'll all agree that trust is a very difficult thing to do. Like, I can't just up and trust someone I met 5minutes ago (If you can, good for you and I wish you all the best). Trust grows. The more you get to know a person, the more you realize if you can trust them or not and then eventually trust this person, depending on the result of your realization.

To the crux of the matter, the aim of this piece is to implore us all to trust in the Lord with all out hearts!!! It's okay to trust Him. The blind kind of trust. He wants you to not lean on your understanding. Don't try to use your logic to explore your trust in Him. You'll never ever be able to fully comprehend His ways.

He asks that you trust Him and acknowledge Him in all your ways (Prov. 3 v 6). Would you look at that! So even if you are going against His will....knowingly or unknowingly; so long as you have acknowledged Him. He'll take care of you and that situation. He'll sort you out.

You know how the Google map takes you on one route and then you think you know a better route trying to form James Bond but end up realizing you just messed up?  Do you take note of what Google map does here? It reroutes you. It might end up being a longer or traffic ridden route but it'll find a way to reconnect you and put you back on track.

That's man made Google map; that even gets you lost sometimes. Imagine what our Almighty God can do. So remember, when he doesn't give you that thing you so desire.....Trust Him; When He doesn't move the mountains you need Him to move; When He doesn't part the waters, you wish you could walk through; When He doesn't give the answers as you cry out to Him......TRUST HIM.

Still in doubt? An online study gives 3 steps on how to build trust. One, it says "do what you say"; two, "honor your promises" and three, "be consistent". Boom! The end. Be all these things and I'll trust you. Easy peasy!!

Now, see below why you should trust God with reckless abandon!!

 God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
Numbers 23:19 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/num.23.19.NLT

He ticks all the boxes and even more!! Glory!! Trust Him. No matter how badly you think you have messed up! No matter how bleak the future looks....trust that He is working things out for your good. 

 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Romans 8:28 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.8.28.NLT

Trust Him, Trust His word, Acknowledge His existence, His supremacy, His love for you. Actively involve Him in your life. He's able and willing to sort you out. He wants to blow your mind!! Trust Him!

 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Ephesians 3:20 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/eph.3.20.KJV

P.s. Love they say, is synonymous to trust. You can't truly love someone without getting to them and you'll never know if you can truly trust until you try...let your guards down a bit. Choose faith in the God you trust over what makes sense; ditch Logic for Grace and thank me later. :)

 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7‭-‬8 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jer.17.7-8.NLT

Cheers to a Confidence - filled week.

Sound pick: Trust in you by Lauren Diagle

BULLETPROOF

I was totally going to do a melancholy piece today. It would have been a sore come back, don't you think? Anyhoo, I'm backkkkkkk!!!! Whoop! Whoop!! And No! Depression doesn't live here!!

So today I'm going to talk about how loving our father in heaven is. He knows you and I better than we know ourselves. He knows how we think we want stuff right away but will end up regretting it.....so no matter how hard we pray, He'll just hold back on that particular request and love us in other ways.

He never gets tired of us. He is a low maintenance friend!! You might not reach out to Him in days or months....but when you do, there's no judgement and you hit it right off because He never left your side....He's in on all that's been going on.

See, words cannot express how high, deep or wide His love for us is!! Remember the story of Hosea and the prostitute, Gomer, who later became his wife? It's upsetting how she goes back to her old life after all the love showered on her by her husband. And then he had to pay to get her back....His Wife!!! Gosh!! Imagine the trouble he would have gone through to fix her badly damaged self. Over and over again, he had to rescue her from herself. I'm pained every time I read that story. But guess What? That's how our relationship with God is. For every time we go rogue on God....thats us pulling the Gomer card!! She didn't deserve a tiny bit of Hosea' s love! Neither do we deserve a bit of God's love!

I know it's cliche, but God literally sacrificed His only son for us. (John. 3 v 16) To redeem us from our sinful nature but no......sometimes, a lot of times actually, we allow our sinful nature reign over us. We are all GOMERS, fam!! As sad as it is to admit! But it is what it is. And it doesn't change a thing with God! He knew us before we were formed in our mothers' wombs....He sent His son down in flesh to be able to understand us better and empathize with us..... He knows all of our struggles.... yet we take Him for granted....all the time!! Still He loves us So!! And nothing can separate us from His love. His love is bullet proof. He made it so!! Wow! It's still hard for me to fathom as I write this.

So I'll just stop here and put it to you that our good good father God, the son and the Holyspirit deserves some accolades!!!!

Cheers to a fabulous week.

Sound pick : KNOWN - Tauren Wells