Bible reading: Jeremiah 9:4 – 9
Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills
over to the care of God.
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to
offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your
spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)
Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and
will to Christ care and control.
“Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8)
Most of the snow the pain caused by deceit, both for the
deceiver and the one who has been betrayed. We may be trying to learn to trust
again after living in situations where we haven’t been given any reason to
trust.
David cried, “Lord! Help! Godly men are fast disappearing.
Where in all the world can dependable men be found? Everyone deceives and
flatters and lies. There is no sincerity left. But the Lord will not diligently
with… Those problems who say, ‘we will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are
our own; who can stop us?’” (Psalms 12:1 – 4).
Jeremiah prophesied, “Beware of your neighbor! Beware of
your brother! All take advantage of one another and spread the slanderous lies.
With practice tongues they fool and defraud each other; they were themselves
out with all their sinning. ‘They pile evil upon people, lie upon lie, and
utterly refuse to come to me,’ says the Lord. Therefore the Lord Almighty says
this: ‘See, I will melt them in a crucible of affliction. I will refine them
and test them like metal.’” (Jeremiah 9:4 – 8).
When we turn our lives over to God, we should try to give
him our trust as well. He understands that this will be hard. Our trust in God
can be absolute. Trusting people should be cautious; it should only be placed
in those who have proven themselves trustworthy.
Trust is only as worthy as its object; trusting God is
always a wise bet.
