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Recently many of us at Restoration House have been on a journey through Jesus Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes.

I shared a teaching on Leaning on Jesus, which is the ONLY way we will every fulfill any of Jesus teachings.

 

Part of this lesson focused on

Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV

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.

 

As part of this study I learned the Hebrew word for trust or “to trust” is

Batach baw-takh'

It’s a verb

To trust

  To trust in, To have confidence, To be bold, To be secure

It is closely related to Arabic verb trust which means “to throw one down upon his face, to lie extended on the ground”

 

Today I saw this post on Facebook

“Maybe this is the season where God just wants you to put every ounce of trust in Him.”

And I get it…. Well, sort of

Because I’m pretty sure EVERY SEASON is the season where God wants us to put EVERY OUNCE of TRUST in HIM!

To me this reflects one of those cultural ideas that we’ve silently adopted into the church.

Turn to God when you need Him. Rely on yourself when you don’t.

But the truth is the Bible says

Psalms 62:8 AMP

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

 

Our confidence is never supposed to be in us but always in Jesus!

The world teaches us that we can lean on our own understanding. We are pretty smart people.

The Bible says the opposite.

Proverbs 3:5 AMP

Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

 

The world says trust in your bank account, your spouse, your job, your friends.

The Bible says

Psalms 20:7 AMP

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we will remember and trust in the name of the LORD our God.

 

Back to Isaiah 26:3-4

The idea of being steadfast brings to mind someone or something that is firm or unwavering.

But this word literally comes from a term that means “to LEAN, to rest, to support”

The only way that as Believers we can be STEADFAST is to constantly, EVERYDAY, lean on the ONE who is steadfast, firm and unwavering. Everything else is sinking sand.

When Isaiah says in verse 3

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

 

 

It’s a picture of someone who has abandoned every other crutch or support you could lean on. ALL of your weight is resting on Jesus. All of our anxiety, sorrow, pain, joy… all of our being and every circumstance is leaning on the only ONE able to support us.

This is a not a season, it’s a lifestyle.

We will never fully be all that God wants us to be until we realize that we are nothing without HIM!

Jesus is not looking for people who only need HIM occasionally or when the going gets rough.

He is looking for Disciples who live everyday needy, dependent and leaning on Him. This is the only way we abide in HIM.

Jesus. I need You! Every hour I need You!

 

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