Trust, not Fear

Say What, Dad?
It is said that kids say the darnest things here is a few things I believe you would never hear a dad say

"Can you turn up that music?"

"Go ahead and take the car. Here's 50 bucks for gas."

"I LOVE your tattoo. We should both get new ones."

"Here, you take the remote."

Trust, Not Fear

Luke 23:46a” Then Jesus shouted,” Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!”
The word entrust means: to commit to another with confidence.
In today’s world that isn’t as easy to do as it once was at one time. There once was a time when we could entrust our children to others when they go to school to be safe, another example is we use to be able to entrust the bank with our money.
Many times we read devotions or books on the issue of trusting God. In the Bible, we learn that time after time God has proved Himself to man, not having to, but out of love, He has proved Himself trustworthy.
In many occasions in our walk with the Lord, circumstances arise and our faith and trust in God are tested, but minute after minute, day after day, year after year, God confirms that we can trust Him.
Still, sadly there are those Christians that simply will not and do not trust the Lord. God seeks for relationship with His children, and the most important factor in an intimate relationship is trust.
Now even though there are those that don’t, it doesn’t change the simple truth that we can always trust God.
Before we can entrust something to God we have to die to it.
Jesus himself had to die before he could entrust his spirit to his father, we continue to read in Luke 23:46b and with those words he breathed his last.
In order to totally entrust something to the Lord we have to get our hands off of it (hence die to it) and surrender it to the Lord.
Sometimes we lack the trust because of fear.
Remember the parable in Matt 25:1414"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.
20The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'
22"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'
24"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
When we are afraid and doubt God we miss out on His blessings for us. You see the first two servants had no fear and multiplied their blessing from there master but the third let fear creep in and hid the blessing and missed out.
We need to get to the point in our walk were we can entrust ever area of our lives to God.
I want to ask you this morning what you are holding back from the Lord this morning that you haven’t totally surrendered over to Him d/t doubt or fear. Is it your finances, your health, your relationship with a loved one?
No matter what you’re facing today place it in God’s hands.
Want to worry less then pray more.
Worry is believing in what the devil could do.
Faith is believing what God will do.
1 Peter 5:7 says” Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
Carrying your worries, stresses, and daily struggles by yourself shows that you have not trusted God fully with your life.
It takes humility, however, to recognize that God cares, to admit your need, and let others in God’s family help you.

Sometimes we think that struggles caused by our own sin and foolishness are not God’s concerns.


But when we turn to God in repentance, he will bear the weight even of those struggles.

Don’t submit to circumstances but to the Lord, who controls circumstances.

Cast all you care; personal cares, family cares, cares for the present, and cares for the future, for yourselves, for others, for the church, on God.
These are burdensome, and often very sinful, when they arise from unbelief and distrust, when they torture and distract the mind, unfit us for duties, and hinder our delight in the service of God.
The remedy is, to cast our care upon God, and leave every event to his wise and gracious disposal.
There are times when we pray and we long to pour out our heart to God, but for whatever reason we feel we cannot. I would encourage you to talk to God just like you would talk to that good, close friend.


We read in Hebrews 4:15-16, "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin."

That verse is telling us that Jesus Christ, our High Priest, is a feeling person, and He can feel our pain and our infirmities. He was tempted like we are, and He knows what it is like.

The next verse goes on, "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

As you pray, I encourage you to go boldly before the throne of God.

Tell Him the things that are on your heart.

Tell Him your hurts and your pains, your disappointments, the things you struggle with, the things that you are tempted by.


Do not hesitate. Do not think, "Well I can't tell God this. He doesn't want to hear it." He already knows anyway.

God gives us permission to come boldly, to cast our cares on Him.

My friend, I encourage you to do that. Come boldly before His throne. Tell Him everything just as you would a good, close friend, and enjoy the release of knowing that He cares and that He can do something about it. Cast your cares on Him.

Once you do this you must have the faith to believe. When you do…

You will have dreams that can move the mountains hope that doesn’t ever end.

Even when the sky is falling you will see miracles just happen.
Silent prayers get answered broken hearts become brand new.

That’s what faith can do.

Melissa sings

Once we finally conquer this we need to be the examples to our children of what faith can do. Dads we are called to be the spiritual head of our homes and we need to lead by example because our children will follow in our footsteps.

Walk a little slower, Daddy,
Said a little child so small.
I'm following in your footsteps
And I don't want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they are hard to see;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
Someday when I'm all grown up,
You're what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who'll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.
It doesn’t matter what you up against God is more than able , put your trust in Him , let go and let God .