Trust
Awakened early on February
7, 2014, God began to speak to me regarding the simple word “Trust”. It is always good to listen to Father God
when He speaks to us in our human spirit. The first thing He said was a term
that I knew of but had not heard in a long time and that was the term “date
certain”. My memory and understanding of
this word goes back to receiving materials and supplies when I worked as
teacher and principal. “Date certain”
was the guaranteed date of delivery for materials and products. It was a
contractual agreement for a time when materials would be there when you needed
them.
God said to me the “Date
certain” for the Believer on anything is “Now”. Trust operates in the now
moment. Trust does not encompass what is
not reality or what is futuristic. The
reality of life is that we live it one moment (second) at a time. The next moment cannot be lived because we
may never experience it on this side of Eternity. We live moment by moment. We should trust God moment by moment and
leave the next moment in His hand to deliver.
All earthly plans do not
come to pass. All heavenly plans have a
“date certain”. God exists in Eternity
and we exist in time. God’s operations
are not limited to a time block but have all of Eternity to be manifested.
As I listened to God’s
voice in my spirit, He began to say that to build trust (in Him) we should
meditate on His word concerning God the Father.
Jesus speaks much of God and His relationship as Father with us in the
book of St. John. This is exciting because the relationship between Father and
child is one of overseeing, nurturing, and being trustworthy. We can trust Him because He Is “Father”.
God said,” Most Believers
trust Me when they think they know where I am going in their lives. I establish
trust in you when you may not have a hint as to where I am taking your
life. I ask sometimes “blindness” as I
build trust in you”.
Trust is validated or
dissipated the moment the desired outcome is tampered with or changed. Trust
has to Be in God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit and not in the desired
outcome. If what we “see” does not match
what we desire, we sometimes cease to trust. This trust was born of “human
flesh anticipation”. If we trust when we
do not “see” what we desire and continue to trust, we are trusting God to
reveal His plan. God gives answers in His divine way for His
divine purpose, in His divine timetable.
Here is the established fact concerning Father’s activity. He always works
for our good! We can trust Him no matter
what we see or do not see. He is Father
and trustworthy.
Trust comes into our lives
on the heels of total surrender to God, dying to the flesh, and meditating on
the “Logos” (written) word. You then
begin to hear the “Rhema” (God-inspired) word in your spirit. Trust
in God is an internal work of the Holy Spirit in the Believer.
Trust cannot be received
as a gift. It must be built, grown,
assembled internally through experience with God. The Holy Spirit is the “Overseer” of your
trust expedition in God.
Here
are three stages of trust I have observed and categorized.
Stage 1: We Want to Trust (Hysteria)
We begin at a place where there
is reasoning, questioning, anger, self-pity, mental assent, and sometimes wrong
interpretation of God’s word. All of
these are common occurrences in our desire to trust. God’s word remains
primarily in the soul (Mind, will, emotions).
Stage 2: We Gain the Tools of Trust (Roller Coaster)
We begin to understand the
importance of God’s word (reading, meditating, and speaking).
We vacillate between being
assured of God’s promises and not being assured of His promises (doubt
constantly bombards). We move forward,
go back, and sometimes we stand still. We don’t go instantly into “Hysteria” every
time a new challenge comes. We are
building trust. The aim in stage 2 is always
to trust God and move forward. The word
of God is now no longer only in our soul (mind, will, emotions); it is beginning
to move into our spirit.
Stage 3: We Trust (Abiding)
As maturity sets in for
the Believer, we receive peace and absolute confidence that we can trust
God. We have knowledge of the word
abiding deep within our spirit. We have
experiences of His “Dates certain” in our lives. He has proven Himself over and over to be
faithful. We are continually meditating
on the word of God. We are cultivating
(speaking and doing) the Word of God in our lives. We understand the ministry of God the Father,
Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to our lives.
In short, we trust no matter what we see.
Ask God to reveal,
clarify, and settle your trust issues with Him.
This request will lead to His revelation of your total inclusion in His
plan. This plan was in place before the
foundation of the world. You can
Trust!
Reading: The
entire book of St. John
This
book unveils the relationship between God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit
and man. Relationship is the foundation
of “Trust”.
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