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Day 1: What Is Trust, and Why Is It So Important?

Welcome to TrustWorthy! I’m so excited to share with you over the next seven days how you can deepen the relationships you need and avoid the ones you don't. I pray this plan about trust encourages and equips you in your relationships. On day 1, we’re starting small and taking a look at what trust really is!

According to Strong’s Concordance, trust is defined as being “bold, confident, sure, [or] secure” in someone or something. Trust is an important foundation of all relationships. It is built over time and can be lost in an instant. It is easy to break but hard to build.

It has been said before that faith is trusting God. Thankfully, God’s Word gives us a definition of exactly what faith is in Hebrews 11:1: “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” It’s a confidence that God will be true to His promises. Trust is a reliance on our faith. Trust is faith in motion.

It could be that when we embrace the concept of a God who created all things, is omniscient and omnipresent, and can perform supernatural miracles, and then combine that with a personal commitment to love people and care for others in our community that we have a greater ability to trust. If you can trust in a big God, then trusting people isn’t so hard because, even if they break you, you know He can heal you. When you know you are guided by God, then every experience you have—whether it is positive or negative—can be used by Him in your life to help you grow.

We can trust in our heavenly Father. When we put our trust in Him, He will make our paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6), and His Word says we will be blessed and “like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream” (Jeremiah 17:7-8).

The only questions that remain are these: Why aren’t we trusting in the Lord? What (or who) is getting in the way?