Trust

Trust (Faith and Belief)

"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:20-21)."

"but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die" (Genesis 3:3-4 NASB)!"

Definition (noun): reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence; confident expectation of something; hope; confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit; a person on whom or thing on which one relies; the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted (Dictionary.com).


We are born into sin and by nature we distrust others, God and even ourselves. The way we manage the deadness and darkness inside of us is to compare and judge outside of God what is right and wrong and what should or should not be trusted - this view and way of deciding is thanks to the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (original sin). We were designed to fully trust God and retain a ruling authority on earth through our position in Him, which we gain again through our position in Christ by trusting Him - Who He is, what He says and what He does. The lie of the enemy got Eve to question her position in God - "You surely will not die", this created a wedge between her and God through distrust and was amplified by her soul's desire for the "God-sight" it promised and her body's desire for the good fruit to eat. The death that ensued was of the spirit, not the soul or body, in fact these forcibly inherited a toxic freedom to dwell outside of God. Our trust in the work of Christ converts our spirit from death to life and our soul is saved from reacting to our "born into" fallen nature. In Christ we have the fullest justification, not by works so that none can boast. Blame gone, shame gone, comparisons gone, high and lofty thoughts and vein imaginations gone - our heart leaves wickedness and becomes good. Now we merely work out daily our salvation through the active trust found in the reviving of our spirit and its oneness with Holy Spirit ("according to the power that works within us"). While we were still sinners Christ died, while we still could do nothing but react to our falleness, He died to redeem us fully back to our original design and communion in Him. He truly has done work "far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think", and he need not die again for any darkness still squatting in our tormented soul, for as we work out daily the salvation through trust we exchange the deadness and darkness for Life and Light. To Him be the glory forever and ever indeed!


We pray for Your life and light to completely penetrate the death and darkness that our child was born into until all is fully exchanged through Your awesome redemption. We know the plan of redemption You have for our family and we honor You for it with our deepest thanks and highest praise for all You have done Jesus. We pray that no high and lofty thought will keep our child from recognizing that justification is complete in You and there is no need to compare, judge, blame or hide in shame anymore. The reactions of our soul have been defeated by Your Spirit's leading and we declare the same will soon happen for our child. You are truly everything to us Lord!