Quotes about Trust
Rather than being offended over the Bible's assertion of God's sovereignty in both good and calamity, believers should be comforted by it.
— Jerry Bridges
Adversity is difficult even when we know God is in control of our circumstances.
— Jerry Bridges
Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be, we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.
— Jerry Bridges
God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously but only in such a way as His infinite love deems best for us.
— Jerry Bridges
God is perfectly holy, then we can be confident that His actions toward us are always perfect and just.
— Jerry Bridges
No plan of God's can be thwarted. God does as He pleases, and only as He pleases, and no one can frustrate His plans or hinder His purposes.
— Jerry Bridges
God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and God has the power to carry out that plan.
— Jerry Bridges
The prayer of a Christian is not an attempt to force God's hand, but a humble acknowledgment of helplessness and dependence. When we are on our knees, we know that it is not we who control the world; it is not in our power, therefore, to supply our needs by our own independent efforts; every good thing that we desire for ourselves and for others must be sought from God, and will come, if it comes at all, as a gift from His hands.3
— Jerry Bridges
Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
— Jerry Bridges
Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.
— Jerry Bridges
God has no "if onlys." God never makes a mistake; God has no regrets. "As for God, his way is perfect" (Psalm 18:30). We can trust God. He is trustworthy.
— Jerry Bridges
The primary purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take.
— Jerry Bridges