FAITH CAPSULE: To trust in the Lord is to rest in the Lord; not to trust in the Lord is to rust in the world of challenges.

Psalm 125

To trust in the Lord is easier said than done. We have to trust in the Lord in our journey through life. To trust in the Lord is to rest in the Lord; not to trust in the Lord is to rust in the world of challenges. It is written in 2Samuel 22:3, “The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.” 2 Samuel 22:31 also stated, “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.” Who else can give a covering of protection under heaven like the Most High God? Manifestly, He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Job, in his days of unimaginable challenges declared, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” (Job 13:15) If Job can trust God during his challenges, what is preventing you from trusting Him? Are your challenges more than what Job experienced? Psalmist, by virtue of his experience testifies, “Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.” (Psalm 125:1) What is it about Mount Zion that those who trust in God can be compared to Mount Zion? Obadiah 1:17, “But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” With the word of Obadiah, it is safe to conclude that anyone who puts their trust in God would be assuredly delivered and possessing the possession as promised by God is certain. Trusting God is ultimate and cannot be compromised. Isaiah 57:13, “But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land, and shall inherit My holy mountain.” God is true to His word only if we can live truthfully in His word. Daniel is an evidence of possessing the land and holy mountain of God. When he knew that a sentence was on the way to persecute him for trusting in the Lord his God, he persisted further by calling on His God. He overcame and promotion became his possession in the land (Daniel 6). How then can we trust in Him? Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Trusting God with all our heart will make us not to operate with our own understanding..

Prayer for today: The grace to trust in you fully let it be my portion in Jesus name.