Author: Craig Mellendorf

Trust in the Lord - Part 1
Proverbs 3:5-6
Christ followers have a spiritual GPS that positions and navigates them,
“God’s Positioning ,” and He never misdirects us.
Trust—to go to quickly for refuge, place confidence in, be bold, be secure, put one’s hope in, to feel safe, be careless (in the sense of not having worry).
Truths on Trust
1) Trust is more than belief, it implies and interaction
Belief accepts something as true. Trust involves acting on the belief with confidence in someone’s or something’s reliability.
Trust=genuine faith / Belief=dead faith
2) Trust is the basis of
God wants a relationship with us.
LORD—“Yahweh” - Self-existent, Eternal (Exodus 3:14-15)
Two spellings of “Lord” denote two different Hebrew words are being used:
Lord—Adonai in Hebrew—the term/title for “lord”
LORD—Yahweh in Hebrew—the personal name of God (Proverbs 3:5)
If someone withholds their name, they don’t want you to know them.
God give us His sacred, name; He wants us to know Him.
The name “Yahweh” is with deliverance, freedom, power,
and promise—the God who intervened in history and saved His people!
He still does that today for all who Him!
Why Can We Trust God?
We are born into sin because Adam and Eve stopped trusting God.
When they did that, their relationship with God was broken.
God the Father had a plan for the salvation/restoration of humankind.
God the Son, Jesus (which means “Yahweh saves”), carried out the Father’s plan. He is now in heaven interceding for all Christ followers everywhere.
God the Holy Spirit applies the work of Jesus to Christ followers—making it a present reality in our lives and a future inheritance.
The Role of God the Holy Spirit in the Christian’s Life
Helps us and with us - John 14:16
us all things - John 14:26
into all truth - John 16:13 (what’s true in any matter)
Makes us of God - Romans 8:15-16
Produces in us love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control as we to Him - Galatians 5:22-23
as we seek Spirit baptism - Acts 1:8
*Have you trusted God for your eternal destiny?
*Do you need to develop a greater relationship with the Holy Spirit?

Dave Walters