Courage / Trust
Step #3
Numbers 23:18-22
Norman Vincent Peale, Courage / Trust
Matthew 7:7, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
We live on a trust basis every day. We trust the motorman of a train, the driver of a bus, the cook in a restaurant. We put our lives completely into the hands of these people, and usually, we don’t even know them. Here we are on this earth, a whirling island in the sky, wholly dependent on God without giving our total dependence on Him much thought. Yet He is the only One deserving our complete trust. When you ask God for an answer to a prayer, never doubt that you will get a perfect answer. One reason we do not get answers to our prayers is that we ask, but do not really expect to receive. We are expert askers, but inexpert receivers. How may we trust God in life’s daily affairs? One way is to know and love God.


Think about the people we’ve trusted.

I’d have to say that a lot of the OD’s we see recently can be attributed to people trusting some dude on a corner with their lives.

It’s weird how we have issues with trusting God.

Besides, what’s the truth?

And who can we trust to tell us the truth?

How can we trust when it seems like we’ve never had someone in our lives that has been completely trustworthy.

How many times have we put our trust in man, only to be discouraged.

We’ve been betrayed.

It doesn’t help us any not being able to open up to someone because we’re afraid of betrayal.

It seems hopeless. We’ve been victims and victimized those around us.

We always talk about being totally open, not holding anything back.

The problem is, that it’s almost impossible for us because we don’t trust.

Jeremiah 9:3-9

Read Honesty page#889

There is someone we can trust.

Numbers 23:19

“God is not a man that He should lie.”

There is no lying in God. It would be impossible for Him to lie.

“He is not a human that He should change His mind.”

“Has He ever spoken and failed to act?”

“Has He ever promised, and not carried it through?”

Read Step#3 Devotional

Until we learn to trust we are victimizing ourselves.
We are victims of our own mistrust.

This mistrust must change.

By asking God for Faith, “TRUST” in Him we learn to trust.

Once we’ve learned to trust God, we can ask Him to help us with our trust in others.

One way is to always pray for God to guide those in whom we must trust.

By trusting God we can trust ourselves and others.