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The phrase “trust in Jesus” carries a deep meaning. Trusting in Jesus involves believing in Him for salvation, as stated in “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16). It entails acknowledging Him as God in human form and relying on Him as our Savior. This belief encompasses His sacrificial death for our sins and His resurrection. Recognizing our inability to save ourselves from sin and death (Romans 3:10-20), we place our trust in Jesus for salvation, as expressed in “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25). Eternal life and reconciliation with God come through trusting in Jesus as our Savior and embracing His forgiveness, as mentioned in “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;” (Ephesians 1:7).
Beyond salvation, trusting in Jesus involves dedicating ourselves entirely to Him. Upon being born again, we become followers of Jesus Christ. As His followers, we place unwavering confidence in Him and His teachings. Trusting in Jesus means accepting all His teachings as true and abiding by them: “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free'” (John 8:31-32;ESV). The more we understand and adhere to Jesus’ words, the deeper our relationship with Him grows.sus, the more we will obey Him, and the more our confidence in Him will grow as we experience freedom in Christ.
A reliable promise Jesus gave us in His Word was to come to Him to find rest: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30). A yoke is a wooden harness used to join the necks of two draft animals. Together, the beasts can more effectively pull a heavy load. In the time when Jesus spoke these words, farmers would often pair a young, inexperienced, but vigorous animal with an older, weaker, but seasoned animal. The younger animal would learn from the more experienced one, and the older would benefit from the younger one’s strength to help carry the load.
Rest, another way of expressing trust, is a state of leaning on Jesus for strength and learning from Him. He shares the load as we journey together. When we are tired and overburdened, we can come alongside Jesus and find rest for our souls. In this way, we trust in Jesus, by relying on Him for everything in our lives, especially when we are weary and burdened down. Jesus is the believer’s Sabbath-rest (Hebrews 4:1-11).
Jesus understands our weaknesses and knows we will struggle to trust in Him. That is why Scripture says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7). When we take our anxious hearts to God in prayer, He offers us peace. His presence is peace. The passage does not sAy, He will always grant us what we request, but He does assure peace to protect our hearts and minds. Trusting in Jesus entails approaching Him and believing that He has good and reliable plans for our lives and our future. There is no need to worry about tomorrow. When we have faith in Jesus, He bestows His peace upon us.
Our confidence in Jesus grows through experience “who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us;” (2 Corinthians 1:10) as we witness God orchestrating all things in our lives—both the positive and negative—for His purpose “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28). Jesus desires us to live by faith in Him (2 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 2:20), making the Christian life a place of examination and instruction in trust: “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:2-4).
Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me” “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.” (John 14:1). We can be certain that Jesus loves us and pledges to always be by our side “teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20).
ion/matthew-28-20″>(Matthew 28:20), but we cannot see Him. During times of trouble, doubt, and fear can creep in, making it challenging to apply that knowledge. Peter encourages us to trust in Jesus even when He is not visible: “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy” (1 Peter 1:6-8).
Even though we cannot see Jesus with our physical eyes, the Holy Spirit enables us to see Jesus with the eyes of our hearts (Ephesians 1:18-20). Ultimately, our inability to see Jesus physically makes our trust in Him even more secure. That is why Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” «Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. », (John 20:29).
The apostle Paul captured what it means for a believer to trust in Jesus: “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).
Jesus is teaching us to trust Him in all things at all times with all of our heart bs+3%3A5-6″>(Proverbs 3:5-6) so that our faith becomes unshakeable: “Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal” «Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: », (Isaiah 26:4). As we learn to trust in Jesus more, we identify more with the psalmist’s description of a believer at rest in the arms of God: “I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content” «Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, As a child that is weaned of his mother: My soul is even as a weaned child. », (Psalm 131:2).
