Trust the Lord With All Your Heart

God wants us to trust him completely. To trust is to feel feeling secure, be confident, is to rely upon. Trusting also implies a sense of safety that leads to boldness and lack of fear. Think of a picture of a of a child here. I remember when we were still very little kids, our dad would throw us up, then we will land safely in his arms. We knew that he wouldn't let us plunge on the ground. [00:43:09] (42 seconds)  #TrustLikeAChild

Trust is not partial. It is with all your heart. God wants us to trust him with all our hearts. It is not just the emotion. The heart of a person, the heart here in this context is not just the emotional center, but the core of the human person. It is a seat of intellect. It is a seat of your will. It is your emotions. With all your heart means with your entire being, trust in the Lord. [00:44:28] (44 seconds)  #TrustGodWithAllYourHeart

To trust in the Lord is to trust in Christ, to trust in Christ the Lord who became flesh, who lived perfectly the wisdom we fail to live, who died sacrificially for our foolish foolish independence, and who rose victoriously over all the consequences of our failed wisdom. These are New Year truth. You don't need to know the future when you know the one who holds it. [00:49:06] (43 seconds)  #TrustTheOneWhoHoldsIt

I know it's hard to give your life for, and I don't ask anybody to do that. Christ gave his life for us, but Christ gave everything. He submitted himself. He acknowledged the father. And God is asking that not some of your ways, but in all your ways, whether it's gonna be in school, in your work, friendship, family decisions, and struggles, In all this, acknowledge, submit to God. [01:02:10] (41 seconds)  #SubmitToGodInAllThings

This is a promise, not a suggestion. It is a it is a promise. He will make your path straight. That means he'll make them right. He'll make them smooth. He'll make them prosperous. This is in a promise of ease, but a purposeful direction. When Christ is the center, our winding confusing paths gain purposeful direction. They lead us deeper into conformity to his image. [01:04:06] (38 seconds)  #HeWillMakeYourPathStraight

And what I want to say this morning is that Christ is both an object of our fear and the power to shun evil. We fear him not as a tyrant, but as a holy lamb who was slain for us. And in fearing him, we receive the power to turn from evil. His spirit in us produces a fruit that has no part with wickedness. [01:07:06] (31 seconds)  #FearGodShunEvil

As we step into this new year, God is not asking for perfection. He's asking for trust. Let this be the year that you trust him. Trust god fully. Depend on his wisdom. Acknowledge him daily. Walk in obedience. The call today is not merely to try harder to live out Proverbs three five to eight. The call is to look to the one who perfectly lived it for us and who through his spirit enables us to live it in him. [01:09:53] (46 seconds)  #NewYearChooseTrust

Will you acknowledge him in all your ways, your career, your relationships, your fears, your struggles, your plans, your dreams. In doing so, you will find the path straight even when it leads through valleys because it leads to him. When we trust the Lord, he will guide us, strengthen us, and lead us exactly where we need to be. [01:10:46] (32 seconds)  #AcknowledgeGodInAllWays