Sunday Morning Service 1/25/26 - Starting Well: Trust

``And those words that are written in that Bible that you're holding come straight from him. They're his character. They are who he is. It's like he literally took a part of himself and was able to put it into words so that you and I could have it and that we could hold it. We get to know him better through prayer. [00:12:33] (18 seconds)  #KnowGodThroughScripture

So the question this morning isn't, can I trust God? The question is, do I know God well enough to trust him? Think about that for just a minute. It isn't, can I really trust God to be there for me when I need him to be, but do I know him well enough that I do trust him with everything and every part of me? [00:14:05] (26 seconds)  #KnowToTrust

And that's the question at the heart of trust. Can I figure this out on my own? Does this really make sense to me? Is this path even possible? And can God really do what he says that he told me that he wanted to do? Remember the Hebrew word, batach. It doesn't just mean confidence in general. It means confidence in someone, a bold reliance. [00:27:33] (34 seconds)  #BatahBoldReliance

The scope of this trust isn't just a one time instance, but it's a continual thing. And it's not with just a part of who you are when it's convenient, when you feel more confident on certain days, But this trust is with all your heart, and it's all the time. It's your emotions. It's your will. It's your deepest desires. It's even your greatest fears. [00:11:34] (27 seconds)  #WholeHeartTrust

But trust with God, it calls us to something deeper. It's something a whole lot more comprehensive than all of these everyday examples, and so we're gonna look at that. First, by actually looking at the word trust. You see it's a Hebrew word here, batah. And batah means the sense of a secure confidence in God. It's it's a bold, courageous, reliance. It means that I have no thought towards anything but good happening when I move in the direction that I'm moving in, just like all those normal everyday things that we talked about just a moment ago. [00:07:38] (42 seconds)  #SecureConfidenceInGod

But notice that this trust isn't just in a thing. It's not in the rope itself, and it's not in the harness itself holding you. But really, your trust is in the person. Those verses began, trust in the Lord. And that is what we need to focus on next. Trust is built on knowledge. Right? We seek wisdom. We talked about that week one. The more we get to know God, the more that we trust in his words. [00:12:02] (30 seconds)  #TrustThePersonNotTheThing

And when God asks us to do something, sometimes it just seems really out there. But what God is saying is that I see everything. I see all of your surrounding. I see the other people that I'm involving in this process in your life. I see their lives, and I see what's going on inside of them. And I see what the future holds. And I know the past better than you know it, logic can only take you and I so far. [00:16:58] (30 seconds)  #GodSeesTheWholeStory

We lean on our own understanding what's gonna end up happening is that we are going to end up carrying burdens that you and I were never meant to carry. A lot of times, there's things that we're going through that we just don't wanna share with others. We don't even wanna talk to God about. Maybe because we're ashamed or we're scared to what he's gonna say or what he's gonna ask us to do, and so we keep this to ourselves. [00:17:44] (24 seconds)  #StopCarryingAlone