Tag: Prayer

Our lives should be a reflection of trust in God. Trusting God has a lot more to do with us than it does with God. As a believer in the Bible and in what Jesus has done for us, our trust in God has to be complete and whole.

For many of us, we can wonder how we can trust God. The fear of being let down, or for our prayer not to get answered can have us in a state of mind that goes against God.

Here are three ways that we can and should trust God.

How We Can Trust God

1. Our attitude. The attitude that we have about varying aspects in our lives is a reflection on whether or not we are trusting God. Many times our attitude is a reflection of what we have thought about and what is in our heart.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

There are many scriptures that tell us not to fear but to trust God. Fear is really believing in the negative to happen. Faith is believing that God will do what He said He would do.

Mirrors

Our attitudes are a mirror to what is in our hearts. Instead of accepting a bad attitude because a situation didn’t go our way or because something bad happened to us, we have to stop and think does my attitude reflect that I’m trusting God.

2. Giving. Money seems to be one of those touchy areas for many Christians. We can just see the act of giving money to the church and then do said action and never really involve God in it. When it is God that established giving tithes and offerings. Because God established it, then it must be important to Him.

Is It Really About Money

God doesn’t need our money. If He did, then He wouldn’t be God. The giving of our money has to do with our Trust in God. It shows that He is the top priority in our lives. Many people struggle with this because we see it as losing out on the money. We don’t see it as saying “God we don’t trust You.”

3. Reading the Bible. For a lot of us it can be hard to trust God when we do not know what He says. It can be hard to trust someone when we don’t know His voice. How do we know what God wants for us? How do we know that He loves us? Or that He cares for us? All of these questions and more can be found in the Bible. When we read the Bible, we should read it with the attitude, that God is going to show me something. He is going to speak to me.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

The above three things are some ways that can help us get to where we are right now to a place where we can do what this scripture says and trust God with all our heart. That is a complete trust.

How have you developed your trust in God? Today is a great day to start trusting Him.

Here’s a link to a post I wrote about having Faith in God. Please share these post; I hope that they encourage you in your walk with God.

Many of us have read or heard about the passage in the Bible about Peter walking on the water towards Jesus. There are many lessons that we can learn from the story. There are life and spiritual lessons that we can apply to our lives, so that we can walk on the water.

Walking on Water

What does walking on the water mean? In Matthew chapter 14, this is a literal walking on the water. Peter really walked on top of the sea. That alone is amazing. A closer look will show us some important things that we can take, apply to our lives, and then do amazing things.

28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

Directions from God

1. The first way we can walk on water is to have a Word from God. Another way to think of this is that we need to have directions from God. There is something special that we are all called to do. For us to accomplish this, we have to hear from God. This is one of the main reasons that prayer is vital to our daily lives. We need God’s direction every day. Jesus told Peter to “Come.” That was all the direction that he needed. One simple word from God caused Peter to do the amazing. What word is God telling you that will lead you to do the amazing.

30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

Fight to Focus

2. Peter was following the directions that God gave him. He was doing the amazing! He’s walking on the water. Then he gets distracted. In his case, it was the wind that disctraced him. It took his attention away from where he was going and focused on something else. For us, we live in a world full of distractions. We have to fight to focus on the path that we are walking. While Peter was doing what God told him to do, he was confident. It wasn’t until he focused on something else, the wind, that he became afraid. As long as we are focused on what God has told us to do, then we can be confident. Fear sets in when we take our attention off of the direction that God has given us.

There are many other things that we can learn from the passage, but prayer and focus are two key things that can get us started on doing the amazing.

What has God told you to do, that you haven’t?