{Trust} Day II of III.

[This is Day II of my three-part word study blog posts. Call me crazy, but I really miss being in Bible class and doing in-depth studies like this. And as I'm about to leave for college, the Lord is trying to teach me a lot right now. So here's me sharing with you what I've been studying in the Word.]


I will choose to {Trust} instead of {Fear} - (see yesterday's post).

These past few months, the Lord has spoken this word over and over to me. Whenever I am feeling anxious or worrying about something, he always whispers this to me. Especially this week as I have been getting ready to leave for college and there are so many unknowns.

{Trust.}

Hebrew:  בָּטַח 
To trust
To be confident; secure; reliant on


"Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them. Trust in the Lord at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us." -Psalm 62:10, 8

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones." -Proverbs 3:5-8

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." -Isaiah 12:2
 
"For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, 'In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.'" -Isaiah 30:15 

"You keep him in a perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock." -Isaiah 26:3-4

  "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit." -Isaiah 17:7-8


Trust = Refuge. Healing. Refreshment. Strength. Life.

Trust isn't just the act of letting go of my life. No, trust is the act of handing it over to God instead.  It is the realization that I am broken and weak and unable of running my own life. It is the recognition that God loved me enough to send his Son to take my sin upon himself and clothe me in his righteousness. It is the conviction that my Father loves me passionately and has a perfect plan for my sanctification. It is the willingness to come off the high and mighty throne of my life and ask God to occupy it instead. And it is the knowledge that there is no better choice I could ever make than that one.