Trust
- -noun
- reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- confident expectation of something; hope.
- -verb (used without object)
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to rely upon or place confidence in someone or something (usually fol. by in or to ): to trust in another’s honesty; trusting to luck.
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to have confidence; hope: Things work out if one only trusts.
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- -verb (used with object)
- to have trust or confidence in; rely or depend on.
to believe. - to expect confidently; hope (usually fol. by a clause or infinitive as object): trusting the job would soon be finished; trusting to find oil on the land.
- to permit to remain or go somewhere or to do something without fear of consequences: He does not trust his children out of his sight.
- to have trust or confidence in; rely or depend on.
One of the things I enjoy so much about my walk with the Lord is that there is always opportunity for growth. And this growth will benefit even in the life to come, 1 Tim. 4:8, 2 Pet. 3:18, 1 Cor. 13:11, 2 Cor. 3:18.
The thought came to mind today, “If I fail to meet my self-expectation of <fill in the blank> over and over there is a likelihood I will loose trust in and toward myself.” In doing so, I could then question my motive and everything I do or am about. I become whimsical and indecisive, Rom. 8:6-7, James 1:6-8. Some call this insanity. I totally agree. I am reminded of a quote from Obliterated.
“Obliterating the handwritten “opinion or judgment” that was bonded and diffused into our actual nature. He took it out of the way (to the Father), nailing it to his cross in His flesh.”
So, according to Col. 2:14, if the rule in my heart that I am failing to meet is obliterated then the expectation of this rule no longer exists. It should not matter what I think or suppose of myself if Christ is the New Man and is my peace and righteousness, 1 Cor. 1:30, Eph. 2:14. My thoughts are to be sober, Rom. 12:3. My thoughts are to be like the mind of Christ like Philippians declares. If we have the mind of Christ then these thoughts are influenced by the Spirit of Truth, grace, truth and revelation according to hearing the word of truth. The word of truth bears fruit, Col. 1:5-6.
As we abide in the True Vine by grace and His faith, we partake of His nature and are transformed into His likeness by the renewing of our minds. If we stumble, miss it or utterly fail our righteousness does not alter whatsoever because it is not based on self-expectation or what I think or suppose of myself, but is rooted in True Hope deeply as anchor in my soul. Christ is the Hope of Glory! Thank you Lord. Thank you Father for Your Son.
As we grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ we fall and stumble less because we eventually learn. If we keep stumbling and falling then we have not learned, but have knowledge. We are not “faithing” the revelation of Christ in us and faith does not manifest its purpose in the believer because part of the purpose of faith is to live out in the one in which it dwells, Gal. 2:20, Phil. 3:9. Grace by faith is “set aside” or frustrated, Gal. 2:21, because the believer then is adhering the self-imposed law and living by its works. The things which were destroyed are being rebuilt. The dog is chasing its tail and it makes no sense if Jesus really died and did all that the bible says He did. And for the record, He: was born, became a man, lived on the earth, was crucified, went into Sheol (Hell), lead the captives in Sheol into Glory with Him, resurrected, was seen of men and angels, ascended, glorified and now sits at the right hand of the Father as the Most High Priest and Apostle of our profession.
Romans 7:24, “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?”
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