Quotes about Trust

Saturate your day in His grace. Entrust your day to His oversight. Accept His direction. Grace, Oversight, Direction G-O-D

Content. That's the word. A state of heart in which you would be at peace if God gave you nothing more than he already has.

Never let me forget that although without you I can do nothing, in Christ I can do all things.

In the great trapeze act of salvation, God is the catcher, and we are the flyers. We trust. Period.

Turn your attention away from the problem, and for a few minutes celebrate God. It does you no good to obsess yourself with your trouble. The more you stare at it, the bigger it grows. Yet the more you look to God, the quicker the problem is reduced to its proper size. This was the strategy of the psalmist.

Do you see the intentionality in those words? "I will lift up my eyes." Do not meditate on the mess. You gain nothing by setting your eyes on the problem. You gain everything by setting your eyes on the Lord.

Precious Lord, take my hand, Lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; Through the storm, through the night, Lead me on to the light: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.4

As long as Peter focused on the face of Christ, he did the impossible.

You can talk to God because God listens. Always.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Ps. 139:23—24).

Rejoice in the Lord. This is step one. Do not hurry past it. Face God before you face your problem. Then you will be ready to… Ask God for help. "Let your requests be made known to God" (Phil. 4:6). Fear triggers either despair or prayer. Choose wisely. God said, "Call on me in the day of trouble" (Ps. 50:15 NIV).

Only God knows what's around the corner. Maybe we should let him do the driving.