Devotion:
Read Proverbs 3:5-6.
These days it is sometimes hard to know who you can trust. Whether dealing with people you know personally or seeking sources of news and guidance on a national level, it can be hard to discern who to trust. Often, we can only wait and see who proves themselves to be trustworthy.
The writer of Proverbs gives us the best advice on who we can trust the most, especially in relation to trusting ourselves. I love the way Eugene Peterson translates these two verses in The Message: “Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.” Listening for God’s voice can come through time in prayer, reading and meditating on the Scriptures, worshiping and studying together with other Christians. It can come in times of silence and times of activity. It can come from your own personal experiences as well as the experiences of others.
“Trust” is the core of what we mean by the word “faith.” To have faith in God is to trust God. This faith or trust is about believing that God has gifted you with a good relationship with God through Jesus Christ. (In part of one of our baptism questions, we ask “Do you put your whole trust in his grace?”) This faith is also about believing that God can help you and guide you through anything you face in life. Do you “trust God from the bottom of your heart?”
Personal Worship Option:
Offer a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the relationship of trust you have developed over the years. Pray for that trust to go even deeper. Ask God for guidance on the next “leap of trust” you are to take.
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