As For Me and My House We Will “Trust” in the Lord
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Hello everybody! I hope this finds you walking in the strength of His joy.
It seems like every TV news channel you turn on all we here is FEAR, FEAR to the left of me, FEAR to the right. FEAR, regarding the economy, FEAR regarding jobs, it’s going to get worse they say, much worse. FEAR, FEAR, but we come to expect it from News programs because it sells, but what’s amazing to me are leaders who “profess” to be Christians (this means that you supposedly have trusted in Christ as Savior and Lord and believe Him to be the One who saved you from your sins), yet speak hopelessness and FEAR, but completely leave the sovereign God of the universe out of the equation.
Personally, my Bible tells me to place all my trust in the LORD, giving Him all my heart, not leaning on my human understanding, but acknowledging Him, yes Him, and know then that He and not a man, will make my paths straight. My Bible tells me in Psalm 27:1-3:
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the defense of my life;
Whom shall I dread?
2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I shall be confident.
I didn’t see anything in those verses telling me to lay all my trust in the decisions of men, but to trust and know that the LORD is my defense and through Him not to FEAR because He is the strength of my life! How powerful would it be if we had leaders in our nation who profess Christianity, to stand up in front of our nation and say, “Things are going in a wrong direction in this nation. We have sinned before our sovereign God and we need to repent for mishandling of finances, abortion, wrongs done to each other, and so on. So today we stand here in complete humility with the understanding that we need the wisdom of Almighty God to help us through this time. We call on our Heavenly Father to forgive us and to help us with our decisions. We don’t trust in our human decisions as we have seen them fail before. We need your help today LORD to heal our land and direct us onto the right path for our nation. Please help us today, help us, lead us and give your guidance with our decisions.”
So for all you true Christians/believers/ followers of Christ/disciples of Christ, don’t fear today, but place your trust in your powerful, all-knowing, all-wise and sovereign God. Trust Him today for your finances and your future. Trust in Him today to give you the wisdom to make the right decisions regarding your family. Trust in Him today to lead you and guide you through this season. And remember the words of Psalm 27, “The LORD is the defense of your life so why should your fear anything?” Let your heart be strengthened today for your adversaries will fall to the left and to the right of you, in this you should be confident!
God Bless you this week and stay strong in the Lord and the power of His might!
Pastor Brad Tuttle
