ARE WE TRUSTING HIM

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.  Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.”

Isaiah 26:3,4 KJV

We say we trust Jesus but do we really trust Him?  One of my pastors said in a sermon about trusting Jesus “When we sit down on a chair we don’t stop to wonder if it will hold us, we just sit down”.  When my pastor used that illustration, it made me search my heart to see if I really trust Jesus.

We can tell others we trust Jesus.  We can even convince ourselves that we trust Jesus but He can see into our heart and He knows if we really trust Him or if we are just giving Him lip service.  I believe there are many times that we hurt Him and break His heart and we’re not even aware we have hurt Him.

A teenage boy said to his parents after they came home from church “You go to church, teach Sunday school and sing in the choir, but when you come home you criticize the pastor and the sermon.  If that is what being a Christian means, I don’t want any part of it.”  How that must have hurt Jesus.

It is important that people, especially our family see and hear the difference that Jesus makes in our heart after we invite Him into our heart to be our personal Saviour.  When our family looks at us and hears us talking do they see and hear the love of Jesus in us?  If not, we are hurting Jesus and breaking His heart.

Heavenly Father, please forgive us for trusting a chair more than we trust Jesus.  Help us to live so that others will see Jesus in our smiles and hear His unconditional love for them in the loving words we say.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 21, 2016