Talk - Trust in the Lord

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Trusting in the Lord

John 1:1 ¶In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

In a previous talk, we spoke about the tongue being the small instrument that can have a massive influence on ourselves and those around us; I want to talk about talking.

But first…trust

Trust is having faith; having a belief that you put into action.

What is the basis of all arithmetic and mathematics?
What is the one mathemtatical thing that all computers everywhere depend on?
What is the highest single number/digit that we can count up to before repeating a sequence? [answer:1]
What is the highest number a computer count up to? [answer:1]

1 + 1 = 2 [the one mathemtatical thing that all computers everywhere depend on]

Do you trust that 1+1=2? Would you place your life in the balance believing in 1+1=2?

You do it every day.
Without matematics nothing we know in our society would work.
Without 1+1=2 we would not have mathematics, engineering, design, manufacturing, cars, TV, radio, etc.

So, we believe in our souls and take it as a given that 1+1=2 and think nothing of it and subconsciously basis our lives on this simple fact.

We depend on it and stake our lives on every day.
If 1 + 1 did not equal 2 then nothing would work! Houses would probably fall down, car would be unsafe in the extreme.

You have an active faith; a belief that 1+1=2 no matter what else happens.

Here is something else to have that type of faith in.

Joshua 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

These are the words of God to Joshua.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Now, these are the words of our Lord to us.

John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

So, these are the words of God.

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

So, we can take these words as fact.

Romans 8:31 ¶What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

So, can we trust in the Lord just the same as we trust in 1+1=2?
Can we take it as a given and base all our actions on this fact?
Just as 1+1=2 you can believe as it days in Heb 13:5, that the Lord will never forsake you. You can believe that the Lord will never leave you.

Are you a good speaker?

Exodus 3:11 ¶And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Exodus 4:10 ¶And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Matthew 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

Our tongue was the first thing that Lord changed when we received His Holy Spirit and it is the Spirit that speaks to us to teach us from the text of God’s Word (The Bible). As we read the text, the Spirit teaches; the more we read, the more we are taught. You want to develop your faith as we are exhorted to0 do in Jude 20, then read the Word as much as you can.

Once we have the Word in us; the amount is not important we are able to use what we have to talk; to talk to others.

But, we are timid and afraid. So, was Jesus.

Matthew 26:36 ¶Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

It is okay to be concerned. Jesus was and He asked, “let this cup pass” BUT, He also said, “not as I will, but as thou wilt”.

Don’t let the cup pass; don’t moment pass when you can speak.

Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

It is not up to you to make the words of God speak, they can do a great job all by themselves! Let God use them.

As Paul said to the Romans (8:31), “if God be for us, who can be against us?” So, prepare yourself to speak by reading the word. Remember who is on your side and with you always and don’t let the cup or moment pass, when you know you can speak because the Spirit WILL bring to your rememberence all things thjat you need to say. It has happened to me and to others. The same thing will happen to you. You will amaze yourself and be blessed at the same time.

For all these things to happen you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit as the disciples were on the day of Pentecost, and as others subsequently were filled (Romans 8:9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his). When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, it gives you abilities that are new. One of these abilities is to speak in tongues, or an unknown tongue, just as those that were there in the book of Acts. Please read the book of Acts before commenting on this amazing experience. As said by Paul (1 Corinthians 14:22  Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not), tongues is a sign to those around that you have recieved the Holy Spirit. With its receipt your life begins again and will never be better.

Amen