Trusting God

Bible reading: Numbers 23:18 – 24

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ care and control.

“Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8)

It is not uncommon to link our perceptions about God to our childhood experiences with people who play powerful roles in our lives. If we have been victimized in the past by people who were capricious, abusive, distant, uncaring, or incompetent, we may now anticipate these qualities God.

Just because God is a power greater than we are, and the people who victimized us represent a power greater than we were, it does not mean that God will harm us if we entrust our lives Him. Even Jesus tells us that He didn’t entrust himself to man because He knew what was in their hearts. Nevertheless, He voluntarily turned His life over to the will of God the Father. “It is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in men” (Psalms 118:8).

We have learned that when we place our confidence in people, our lives can be devastated by disappointment. We can’t let this keep us from ever trusting again. In working Step Three we can make a healthy decision to turn our will and our lives over to the only One who is worthy of being trusted. The Bible tells us, “God is not a man, that He should lie; He doesn’t change his mind like humans do” (Numbers 23:19). Then God has said, I will never, never fail you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).

We realized that we can’t make it all alone. This time we can stop being the victim. We can turn our lives over to someone who is really able to care for our needs.

We trust in many things, but it is best to trust in the only one worthy of our trust – God Himself.

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