What Is Your Level Of Trust?

 At the beginning of 2013, I wrote about the significant role obedience to God would play this year in our experiencing His manifested blessings in our lives.

However, the Holy Spirit revealed that it is very difficult to obey someone you don't really trust. Then the trial of Job came to mind.

There are different thoughts regarding the cause of Job’s trials. One is that he opened the door to the devil (Satan) through fear. (Job 3:25 ESV)  For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. From this verse it is clear that although Job worshipped God, he definitely had issues with fear. Another is that God brought Job to Satan’s attention. (Job 1:8 ESV)  And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?"

From this passage God did indeed invite Satan’s scrutiny of Job, but as commendation to Job’s right standing with Him being unlike the other people of his time. God considered Job to be blameless because his lifestyle was one of reverence to Him.

Satan’s argument was that Job only worshipped God because things were going extremely well in his life and family. Satan contended that Job would turn away from God if all the blessing and prosperity were taken away. As a result Job encountered seriously trials. Yet, despite all of them Job asserted and maintained His trust in God. (Job 13:15a CEV)  God may kill me, but still I will trust him…. Job was not privy to the conversation God and Satan had. He was unaware that Satan contrived his misery. The only one Job was aware of was God. Job knew that God was sovereign. If you read Job’s account for yourself, you will find that Job rides an emotional roller-coaster. (I think we have all been there at some point in our walk with the Lord.) Still, through all of the horrendous events, Job’s stand was to trust God regardless of what his wife and friends thought.

To me, the point of our looking into Job’s life, is to be inspired to develop an unshakeable faith and trust in our Heavenly Father no matter what challenges we face. As demonstrated at the end of the book of Job, God rewards those who put their trust in Him. This is a recurring theme in the Bible. Satan’s purpose is to harm us, but God’s plan and purpose is for us to be well and prosper. So, what is your level of trust? Are you willing to completely trust in God’s sovereignty and absolute goodness in spite of what you see, think or feel?

I pray that you are.

Be refreshed