Trusting The Right Person

Deuteronomy 1:31-33

and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place." In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.


2 Samuel 7:28

O Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.


Psalm 37:2-4

for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
Trust in the LORD and do good;dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.


John 14:1-3

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."


I Peter 2:5-7

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,"


Trusting in God has eternal benefits. I could even point out the benefits that we have on this side of death. As we see in the book of Deuteronomy, the children of Israel had been protected and guided by God through the desert. Yet, after all that He did for them and the visible evidence of God, they still turned their backs on Him. This is a major statement. Think about the times you or someone else would say "If only God was visible then I would believe, or I would be a better Christian, etc." The fact is that no matter, we are sinful creatures that will run after the sin that we hold so dear to us. Take for instance, the verses above from the book of John. Jesus is trying to console His disciples. However, these are the same who have seen Him perform miracles, walk on water, etc. What do they do when He is taken away to be crucified? They deny Him out of fear. They were more afraid of what would happen to them. But wait! There's a beautiful side to all of this. The same people who opted to not trust in His deliverance were forgiven. Peter was forgiven by Jesus. Why? Jesus loved him and Peter was willing to repent of it. We see in Peter's own words in the book of I Peter, "the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame". What are we waiting on?