KEEP TRUSTING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD

KEEP TRUSTING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD

Main Text: PSALM 20:1-9

• Trusting in someone or something does not easily happen.
•  There should be factors contributing to the act of trust to emerge. 
• Trust require one part (or both) to:  believe in, have faith in, depend on, count on, etc.

• Ethically/Socially – trust is one of the elements a moral person or leader must acquire.
• Trust remains to be one of the critical requirements in most organizations & institutions. 
• The Hebrew word for Trust used most often in the OT is batah – meaning a feeling of security which often comes through reliance on someone or something. 
• The verb batah/trust can be used with either a Positive or Negative connotation.

• When trust focus on God it becomes – POSITIVE (PSALM 4:5 – Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord).
• When trust focus on human beings or things other than God it becomes NEGATIVE (PSALM 41:9– Even my close friend, someone I trusted, has turned against me; PROVERBS 28:26 – Those who trust in themselves are fools….).

• Biblically – God remain to be trustworthy at all times – 2 TIMOTHY 2: 13

“If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself”

• Moreover, the Lord our God remains to be Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient. 
• All these facts and many others make us continue trusting in the name of the Lord our God and not in any other names or things.  

• It is also important to remember that human beings do change at times, making it difficult to be trusted 100%.
• Things and institutions that we may put our trust in, they do change as well and even lose its original shape or focus; but not the Lord our God – (Main Text). 

Why Should We Trust in the Name of the Lord our God?

1. ASSURANCE  OF SALVATION THROUGHT JESUS 
2. Salvation is only found in the name of Jesus – ACTS 4:12
3. No any other name under heaven given to human kind for their salvation
4. Hence, to emphasize on other names/things than the Lord Jesus is wrong
5. Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be Served and Blessed – ROM. 10: 12-13

1. ASSURANCE OF PRESENT SUPPORT FROM GOD
2. We have an access to call upon the God at any time – PSALM 116:1-7
3. Our God will always hear our voice and cry and release His mercy unto us
4. Our God is gracious, righteous and full of compassion
5. We can call upon him as well in the day of trouble  – PSALM 50: 15

Let me conclude by saying that,

• Believers today ought to be aware of people/preachers who try to make people and their followers put their trust in them and their ministry and not trusting in God. 
• If we want to have the assurance of our salvation and the true support for our needs, let us always put our trust in the Lord our God.
•  Remember, we hold and put our trust in God because of who is and what he does to us. 
• Our God will remain to be trustworthy even if some people may not trust in Him.
• Choose today to keep trusting in the Lord our God and your will be served and cared.