FAITH CAPSULE: Trusting God is to rest on the promises of God that never fail.
Joshua 14, Psalm 23
Trusting God is the confidence in the certainty of His deliverance and preservation.
Trusting God is to rest on the promises of God that never fail.
King David was so sure to trust on God when he stated, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1)
What is better than to know that with God is deliverance and preservation?
God is shield where there is no reason for lack.
King David was so sure to trust on God and not to entertain fear. David walked and not ran through the valley of the shadow of death. He testified, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4) Knowing to trust God is not same as knowing about to trust God. Many know about trusting God but not knowing to trust God in the heart. In life, to truly know and trust God is to be faithfully filled by God. In the valley of the shadow of death, it is a true trust to walk confidently in the certainty of God’s deliverance.
In the journey of life through the wilderness, the only way out to the expected end is to trust God. God is always at every juncture where there is no sign for survival. Caleb and Joshua were the only survivors among thousands of the children of Israel that left Egypt for the Promised Land. Caleb and Joshua survived because they saw hope where there was no hope. Caleb and Joshua trusted God enough and took an odd stand among their brethren who failed to trust in God’s promise. Caleb trusted God and testified, “I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart.” (Joshua 14:7) Trust is not just word of mouth, but word from the heart. Unlike Caleb and Joshua, the people who went to spy the land failed to trust in the heart. Caleb testified, “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God.” (Joshua 14:8) Evidently, Caleb’s trust in God made God to keep him and he testified, “And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.” (Joshua 14:10) God is trust worthy.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to constantly maintain trust in the name of God.