20 Rock Solid Reasons You Can Trust God Today
Written by Mark Altrogge
Again and again, the Bible tells us that we should trust God. For example:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act. (Psalm 37:5)
What does it mean to trust God?
To trust God means we believe His Word and obey Him, look to Him and hope in His promises even when we can’t see how God’s Word can be true; even when everything around us would tell us to not trust Him.
Why should we trust God?
Why should we put all our hope and confidence in this Being we have never even seen?
Satan’s go-to fiery dart is to try to get us to doubt God’s Word. He’s been playing that card since the Garden of Eden when he said to Eve…”You surely won’t die when you eat that fruit…God’s holding out on you. He knows if you eat it you’ll be like Him…”
So why should we trust in God?
Because God gives us rock-solid reasons to trust him.
Reason To Trust God #1: God’s Word Is Absolutely and Completely True
There is not one single part of God’s word that is not the absolute and complete truth. His word is not 90% true or 95% true or 99% true. If even one sentence were not true we would not be able to trust it. If even 1% were not true, we wouldn’t know which parts to believe.
When I was a young Christian someone said, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” That phrase really helped me when I went through challenging times. Knowing I could completely trust His Word gave me hope like I had never known.
We trust in God because God’s Word is true.
Reason To Trust In God #2: God Does Not Lie
Human beings lie. Sadly, even Christians lie at times. But God is absolutely and infinitely holy. He cannot lie and He does not lie. As I said earlier Satan would try to make us question God’s truthfulness. So the question is always, what am I going to believe – my eyes, my feelings, my own assessment of things, or God’s Word? God does not lie and never has lied. Therefore we can trust God.
Reason To Trust God #3: God Never Changes In His Being
We change. We change physically as we grow from babies to children to teens to adults. We change in our tastes and preferences over the years. Years ago, I loved ice tea. Drank it all the time. Now I don’t really care for it. God never changes in His being. He is the same today as he has been for all eternity.
We can trust in God because God never changes.
Reason To Trust In God #4: God Never Changes His Mind
Because God never changes, He never changes His mind. He doesn’t say, “Well, I know that I said people should honor their parents, but the world has changed. People don’t have to do that any more. No. God never changes His Mind. Because God never changes His mind we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust God #5: God Never Changes His Plans or Purposes
God doesn’t start off with one plan for the world then change it if things don’t go right. And He has purposes for you and me which He will absolutely fulfill. He will fulfill His purpose for us, even though we will fail at times. He will fulfill His purpose for us even when we don’t know what that purpose is. His great purpose is to make us like Christ and glorify Christ through us, and despite our many weaknesses He will certainly fulfill that purpose. Therefore we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust In God #6: God Has Never Failed to Fulfill His Word
God fulfilled every single promise he made to the Israelites. He brought them out of slavery and into the promised land. He subdued all their enemies. Not one of His awesome promises failed.
And I have seen God fulfill many of His good promises in my lifetime. And I’m still asking Him to fulfill promises. Even if I don’t see them in this life, I know that in Heaven I will see how He has done every single thing He has promised. Because He has never failed to fulfill His word, we can trust in God.
Reason To Trust God #7: God Is Sovereign Over All Things
We can make promises, then circumstances may stop us from keeping them. I might promise to pick you up at 1:00, then get a flat tire on my way to your house. We can make promises, then something else comes up to keep us from keeping our word.
But nothing can stop God. He is sovereign over every molecule in the universe. He is sovereign over the angels of Heaven and every demon. Satan and all his minions together can’t prevent God from saving people, providing for us and fulfilling His plans for us.
Because God is all-powerful, nothing can stop Him from fulfilling His promises. Therefore we can trust God.
It would be a scary universe if God were not infinitely wise. But because He is, He knows what is best to do in every situation. Because He is infinitely wise, His promises are perfect. Because He is infinitely wise, everything He has said is true and perfect and best for us. Therefore we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust God #9: God Is Faithful
God is faithful. What a wonderful truth. We can stake our lives upon his faithfulness. When I was a kid, my dad would have to travel for work and he would tell us he would bring a toy home for us. There were times when he’d come home and I’d say, “Dad, where is the toy you got for us?”
And he would squinch up his face and say, “Oh, no, I’m sorry! I forgot to get your toy!” And we would be disappointed.
But God will never disappoint us. God is faithful. He will never forget to fulfill his every good promise. Therefore we can trust in him.
Reason To Trust In God #10: God Is Infinitely Loving
Again, what a scary universe this would be if God were not loving. But because he is, we can trust him. We can trust that every single thing He does in our lives, He does and allows and works to our good because He Loves us.
Reason To Trust In God #8: God Is Infinitely Wise
Reason To Trust God #11: He Gave His Son For Us
The fact that God gave His most precious gift to us is the ultimate proof of his Love. If God gave us the most precious gift He could give us, will He not give us every other good thing? Because God gave Jesus to pay for our sins and give us eternal life, we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust In God #12: God Is Completely Just
If I had to go to court before a judge who had a reputation for being unjust I would be terrified. But God is infinitely and totally just. He is righteous. He always does the right thing. He will never do anything unjust. He is The Rock – all his ways are justice. He is “without iniquity,” without sin. He never does anything wrong. Therefore we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust God #13: God Has Wonderful Plans For His People
What a wonderful reason to trust our God! He has bags and bags of grace stored up for us, that He is just waiting to pour out on us. He has good plans for us, plans which nothing can stop Him from fulfilling. So we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust In God #14: God Will Make You Like Christ
God not only has good plans for us, but His great plan is to conform us to Christ. Yes, He has plans to provide for us and protect us, but what could be more encouraging than knowing God is making us into the likeness of His Son, and that every single thing we go through is part of that plan? Trust Him that He is doing that right now in your life.
Reason To Trust God #15: God Is Infinitely Good
Because God in His being and character is infinitely good, every single thing he does is good. What a rock-solid quality to put our trust in. Because God is good, we can take refuge in him. We will never be disappointed.
Reason To Trust In God #16: God Is Always Good To His Children
Not only is God infinitely good, but He is our Loving Heavenly Father and we are His children. Most Earthly fathers want to be good to their children, though even the best fathers fail at times. But our Heavenly Father never fails to do good to His children. He will give us every good thing and do everything that is good for us. Therefore we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust God #17: God Will Never Leave You
Another reason to trust Him! God never takes a break. He never forsakes us, never says, “Hang on, I’ll be back in 10 minutes.” No. He is with us 24/7. Every day of our lives. Therefore we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust In God #18: God Cares For You
God isn’t up there, looking down on us, detached, uninvolved. No! He cares for us. Deeply. Jesus is a sympathetic high priest. God is filled with compassion for us. Therefore we can trust him.
Reason To Trust God #19: God Will Never Let You Go
What a rock-solid promise. God will never let the righteous be moved. He upholds us and keeps us. Let the storms of life come. They can never loose God’s grip on us. Therefore we can trust Him.
Reason To Trust God #20: God Is With You
Are you walking in darkness right now? Are you walking through a storm, passing through a fiery trial. God has promised: “I will be with you.” He is with us wherever we go, whatever we go through. Therefore we can trust Him.
God is our Rock! He never changes in His Character or plans or purposes. He is our Loving Father. So trust in Him today.
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Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published by The Blazing Center.