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TO TRUST IN GOD - A GREAT GOD

Eva Haglund

We can sometimes be in difficult circumstances and in the world there are many storms. It is not good to listen to too much news on television even if we need to know things happening around us. It can be too much information and we need to hear and read positive words also. We need to read the Bible every day - our daily Bread.


In Psalm 46:1-3 is written that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling.

I think it means in this Scripture that when it feels like the earth is removed and the mountains carried into the sea, when circumstances are very difficult, it can feel like this, but then God is there and is a refuge and help.

I also think about earthquakes here as I think they will increase, but then God can protect His children. It is good to speak Bible verses as Psalm 91 aloud. God is our Daddy and we can stand on the Word that I shall not want if we have lack economical and in other situations. Our heavenly Daddy is a God of love who gave everything for us and as His children it is written in Romans 8:15, "For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out "ABBA, Father."

We read here that God does not want us to feel fear in the relation with Him. A father who loves his children does not give them stones. We read in the Bible that God wants to fill this need and we need to stand on His promises for the future in this area. He is a good father, ABBA, Daddy who wants to help us. It is also written in Isaiah 54:10 "For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from you nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you." When we receive Jesus in our lives we also have peace with God for eternity.

When things are very difficult it can feel like the mountains depart and the hills are removed but then God is with us and His covenant of peace will not be removed from us. He can help us in difficult situations, even if it feels like a most worst situation. He is able. 

In Isaiah 50:10 we also find the words "Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord. And rely upon his God."

It does not matter what other people say. We can stand on the Word, on Scriptures' promises.
Jesus is the good shepherd who laid down His life for the sheep. He wants to help us in situations. We can think about a shepherd who loves a sheep and holds it in his arms and then we can think also about Jesus who holds as in His arms. As it is written in Isaiah 40:11, "He will gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom."

I think we all as His children are each one like a precious lamb He holds in His arms. There we can feel safe that He will take care of us. When we also think about our Daddy who holds us in His arms as a child to Him it gives peace. He can help us in different situations. We read in Psalm 139 how He cares so much about us that He see us all day. Jesus also tell us that we are so precious to Him that He counts our hairs. Jesus gave everything for the sheep at the cross and wants all to get saved and learn to know God as a good Daddy. 

If people talk fear to us we can stand on the Word Who is our Rock when the waves are high. He can help us. In Psalm 93 is written "The floods have lifted up, oh Lord. The floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the voice of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea." There can be circumstances who feel like floods who lift up their voice and like floods who lift up their waves but the Lord is mightier then these circumstances.

When we need to trust the Lord we can not stand on our feelings but at His Word because feelings can say anything else but God's Word is eternal and is steady like the mountains. The Word is strong. It is strong like a fire.

We can trust God's Word. God is behind His Word and Jesus is the Word. We can trust the Word - the Bible. When Jesus was in the boat and the waves were high Jesus showed the disciples that they did not have to be afraid.

It is good we speak what the Word tells us. We will not depend on our feelings even if a situation feels so impossible but Gods Word is greater and there is no situation as he cannot help in. When we think about trusting him it is good to think about how big God is. We have a certain picture of him but we just understand as human beings a little drop of how big he really is. We are like ants before him. Would he not be able to help his children as are like ants in his hand we can think of. In Ps 121 we read " I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth."

If we have doubt or fear in a situation we can think about that God made all things in the nature and He created human beings. It is like a miracle when a child is born. It is wonderful to see all beautiful things in the nature and mighty to see the big mountains and we can see God's power in the waves at the sea and in the thunder.

He is mighty to help. In Proverbs 3:5 is written, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding." We can trust in Him. The nature preaches about His greatness and about a mighty God who is able to do mighty things. We can read about planets and stars as He has created. God is not a human being but much greater and when Jesus died at the cross we also see the power of the cross. 

We read in Isaiah 53:11 that Jesus will see the labor of His work and be satisfied. We can think about how big God is also when we read the Scripture Isaiah 55:8-9, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts. Nor are My ways your ways, says he Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."

It is a very long distance between heaven and earth and we can understand a glimpse of how big God is when we think about this. He is such a great God so we cannot understand it as human beings.
Jesus is our light and salvation. It is eternal salvation through His name and also in different situations we can trust in Him. He gives light in our circumstances and is our salvation in situations. Even His name Yeshua/Jesus means salvation. In His name we can have trust.

We also need to endure tests and keep our faith.

"Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him." James I:12 

Jesus loves all and wants all to get that crown. We are so precious for Him.