#1 Why Trust God?

Why trust God?

Embarking on our 40+ Journey

Even though I may have thought I was ready for marriage, I never was really not there yet. We never will be there yet. I may have thought I was prepared, on the other hand I felt I was not prepared for all the events and issues that life would be throwing at me.

Close to the eve of celebrating our 40th year now, I have found that TRUSTING GOD has been one of the main ingredients to keeping our vows intact.

Phil.1:6

  I live in an imperfect world and live with imperfect people, work for imperfect people, and care for imperfect people.

Our life verse:
 Philippians 1:6

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Rings engraved with Phil.1:6

The thought behind choosing this verse was choosing to lay hold of God's promises and cling to them for future hard times.

From New morning Mercies

ALREADY, BUT NOT YET

Every one of God's children lives between the "already" and the "not yet." Already Jesus reigns, but not yet has his final kingdom come. Already sin has been defeated, but not yet has it been completely destroyed. Already God has given you his Word, but not yet has it totally transformed your life. Already you have been given grace, but not yet has that grace finished its work. You see, we all wait for the final end of the work that God has begun in and for us.

We don't just wait—we wait in hope. And what does hope in God look like? It is a confident expectation of a guaranteed result. We wait believing that what God has begun he will complete, so we live with confidence and courage. We get up every morning and act upon what is to come, and because what is to come is sure, we know that our labor in God's name is never in vain. So we wait and act. We wait and work. We wait and proclaim. We wait and sacrifice. We wait and give. We wait and worship.

Waiting on God doesn't mean sitting around and hoping. Waiting means believing he will do what he's promised and then acting with confidence.

—Paul David Tripp in New Morning Mercies