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God is Trustworthy · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: In today's verse 15, we're going to take time to simply focus on how trust worthy or heavenly father is.
• 0:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our trust is always meant to be a response to God's trustworthiness, an act of love given as we receive the unconditional life-changing love of God.
• 0:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: May our hearts be filled with greater measures of trust as we make space for God to fill.
• 0:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm chapter 9, verse 10, Scripture says and those who know your name put their trust in you for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
• 1:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: are Heavenly Father calls us, His children, to place our trust solely in Him for provision, well-being, and guidance.
• 1:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: We see God call His people to a lifestyle of trust throughout Scripture, but time and time again, the people of God take matters into their own hands.
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Why is trust so difficult?
• 1:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Why do we have a hard time placing the burden of provision well-being and guidance in the capable hands of our Heavenly Father?
• 1:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: The only good posture of our hearts is total trust in our God.
• 2:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: The only way we will experience the full reality, love and power of our Heavenly Father is in trusting Him.
• 2:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's when we trust Him, that we allow Him to move in our lives.
• 2:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's when we trust Him, that we position ourselves to receive the powerful working of the Holy Spirit.
• 2:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's when we trust Him, that we allow Him to work in and through us, to see His will done on the earth.
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: So let's allow God's Word to be our guide today as we open our hearts to receiving the courage and faith to place our trust in God.
• 2:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 9, verse 10, speaks to the core of trusting in God.
• 2:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, and those who know your name put their trust in you.
• 3:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: For you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
• 3:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trusting God is first and foremost a matter of knowing His character and faithfulness.
• 3:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: We must know His name or who He is and know in our heart of hearts that He will not forsake us.
• 3:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trusting God starts with a knowledge of His trustworthiness but must make its way down to the heart.
• 3:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: If we don't allow God's character and faithfulness to become a transformative reality of our heart, we will never bear the fruit of trust.
• 3:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: So in order to begin a lifestyle of trust in areas in which we have taken control for ourselves, we must begin by asking God for a fresh revelation of His character and faithfulness.
• 4:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: We must seek God for who He is, reflect on His faithfulness as demonstrated in Scripture, in the lives of other believers, and in our own lives, and allow these revelations to transform our hearts desires and bear the fruit of trust.
• 4:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Oftentimes, it takes me being at my wits and where there is nothing possible left for me to do before I pray and ask God for His help.
• 4:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: In reality, I should begin every part of my life with surrender to the Holy Spirit's power and guidance.
• 4:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: I should follow God's leadership from the beginning.
• 4:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Isaiah 26 verses three and a four says, you keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you, trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
• 5:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: My life should be a continual response to the love and faithfulness of God, rather than a trial of my own strength, ending in cries of desperation to my heavenly Father, who long to help me all along.
• 5:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: God's desire is that we would be a people marked by the peace that only comes from continual trust in response to His trustworthiness.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Continual peace comes from continual trust.
• 5:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need a powerful work of your heavenly Father today?
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need His help in guidance?
• 5:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Spend time meditating on the character and past faithfulness of your heavenly Father, and place your trust in Him in response to His trustworthiness.
• 6:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Your God loves you, and longs to help you.
• 6:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has a plan to deliver you from whatever comes against you.
• 6:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Just as He destroyed the enemies of His people time and time again, He will help you overcome whatever obstacle stands in your way today.
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: Place your hope and trust in God, and follow Him as He leads you to a life of victory
• 6:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: as we begin.
• 7:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Meditate on the character and faithful works of God.
• 7:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: And next, reflect on your own life.
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need God's help today?
• 7:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need His favor or guidance?
• 8:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need a miracle?
• 8:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: And last, place your trust in God, ask for His help, and follow His leadership, spend time placing your trust solely in Him.
• 9:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: If it feels too difficult to trust Him completely, ask for His help, ask to uncover whatever lie is keeping you from trusting Him.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask Him to reveal His nearness, love, and power to you.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: trust is meant to be a response, not something you conjure up, allow him to reveal himself in deeper ways so that you can simply respond to his overwhelming reality, love, power, and faithfulness.
• 10:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: May you grow in your knowledge of the trustworthiness of your God today.
• 10:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: May you experience the joy of having the creator of all, working in the details of your own life.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: God is not too busy for you today.
• 10:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: He doesn't have better or bigger things planned than your problems.
• 10:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is infinite, vast, all powerful, all knowing, and all loving.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to work in the little things, along with the big things.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Listen to him, as he speaks Isaiah 43 verses one and two over you today.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Fear not.
• 11:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: For I have redeemed you.
• 11:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: I have called you by name.
• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: You are mine.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.
• 11:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.
• 11:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, and the flames shall not consume you.
• 11:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to today's devotional.
• 11:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15.
• 11:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: As you head out into your day, take time to recognize the places where you trust God most and where you trust Him the least, and make space to read Scripture in contemplate on God's trust worthiness in those areas where you need to trust Him more.
• 12:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Being honest with yourself and God is always the starting place to a more abundant life.
• 12:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Him.