Faith and trust

How is our faith and trust in the Lord exemplified in America today ?

It has been the American mantra/focus/goal to work your way to a place where you are comfortable – both physically as well as financially (of course we don’t usually take into consideration our spiritual condition). A place where you have no ‘worries’ about today and if you are really ‘successful’ no worries about tomorrow !

By striving for this level of comfort and ‘worry free’ living it appears that we have extremely limited our ability to exercise and totally rely upon our faith and trust in the Lord in our daily lives. For the most part we leave our faith and trust for the ‘really big’ concerns of life (ie: when our own efforts don’t seem to be working !)…..interpersonal trials, health matters, financial struggles, etc…and have not fully surrendered to the Lord and rested in the faith and trust that He calls us to by His grace ….

I believe this excerpt from the writings of Matthew Henry, one of the great commentators and pastors, is worth meditating upon and a very good place to start a revived walk of faith and trust –

Matthew Henry, who died in June 1714; on January 1 of that year wrote:“I, this morning, renewed the dedication of myself to God, my whole self, body, soul, and spirit. Father, I give Thee my heart; use me for Thy glory this year; employ me in Thy service; fit me for Thy will. If this should be a year of sickness and pain; if a year of family affliction; if a year of public trouble; if of silencing and suffering; bonds and banishment; if it be my dying year, welcome the holy will of God. If this is a year of continued health, peace and liberty, Lord I desire to be busy in Thy service, both in study and preaching, in entire dependence upon Your divine grace, without which I am nothing, and can do nothing.”That day, Matthew Henry preached a sermon to young people from Proverbs 23:26: “My son, give me thy heart.” He then added in his diary the following affectionate and devout aspiration, “Lord, take my heart and make it such as it should be.”

Where is our faith and trust in a God who loves us with an everlasting love
Where is our faith and trust in a God who loved us first
Where is our faith and trust in a God who sent His Son to die so that we might live
Where is our faith and trust in a God who showers His grace and mercy upon His children
Where is our faith and trust in a God who is forever faithful even when we are faithless
Where is our faith and trust

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