Understanding That Your Faith Cannot Be Based On Feelings ... It Has To Be Based On Trust

Trusting God is not always easy but it is always the right thing to do.   Sometimes we put our trust in people, places, and things because we can see them.  When we do this, our trust is not a spiritual trust it is a physical trust.   It is not based on faith, it is based on our physical senses.   It is the kind of trust that says, as long as I can see you do the right thing, I will trust you.    God wants us to trust Him with a knowing.   Knowing means that you have knowledge, information, and understanding.   God wants you to have knowledge of who He is.   He has given you the information about His traits through His Word.   Not only does He want you to have the knowledge and the information, He wants you also to have an understanding.   To understand means to become aware of the nature and significance of a thing.    Do you truly understand the nature of God?   His character and what makes Him God?

You have to stop putting your trust only in the things you can see, feel, touch, or taste.    You can't trust perception ... how you perceive things to be.   Have you ever eaten something thinking it was one thing and it turned out be be another.   You perceived it one way and yet it turned out to be something else.   You have to trust truth ... how God truly is.   When you can't see God, you have to know and trust that He is there based on His Word that says that He will never leave you nor forsake you.   When you can't feel Him, you have to know and trust that He is there based on the fact that He said He is a refuge for the oppressed and a stronghold in times of trouble.   When you are sick in your body, you have to know and trust that He said in His Word that He is the Lord God that heals.   When you have needs in your life, you have to trust His Word that says that He knows the things you have need of and that He is faithful and just to provide.   You may not be able to see Him, but He has given you assurance through His Word that He is there.   Faith cannot be based on feelings, it has to be based on truth and trust.

Worship For Today ...

"I Believe"

Ministered By Kari Jobe