Trusting God Entirely

AUG 23

Posted by The Typist

By John Thiel, mp3
Psalm 46:1 God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 [Though] the waters thereof
roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling
thereof.
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the
heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the
God of Jacob [is] our refuge.
I have experienced over the years that fear, stress, anxiety is even in the ranks of
people who are Christians. They shouldn’t have that. We should have such an
appreciation of the God who loves us that there is nothing that spoils our peace.
As we go carefully into the amazing sources of trust that are found in God may we
personally release ourselves from the things that cause us personal fear.
When we read in the Scripture “and God said”, the meaning of this at creation is very
important.
Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it
stood fast.
When God says and speaks. What do we receive from that Scripture? It is; it happens.
Whatever God commands, that is what happens. As we apply that to anything that God
says in His word, then we know that the creative power that is in the word that He
spoke when He created the world, that same creative power is active in whatever else
He says. Let’s see if there is any difference from when He created to what He will do.
Psalm 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver
him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call
upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver
him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my
salvation.
If God spoke and it happened at creation, then He speaks here and He says those of you
who set your love upon me I will deliver. If you take that for what it says as a creative
reality, what follows? God will set you on high because you have known His name and
as you call upon Him He will answer you, He will be with us in trouble; He will deliver us
and honour us with long life, eternal life, He will satisfy us and show us His salvation.
You can depend upon God’s word because there is power in the word. It is creative.
Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and
bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 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.
When God speaks He verifies the fact here; it will do exactly what the rain does when it
falls on earth, it produces. My doctrine shall fall as the rain. The outpouring of the Holy
Spirit that it is talking about is that it will happen; it will produce.
Entirely trusting in God gives us a basis upon which we can trust. At the creation of the
universe the word produced and that universe, that creation that God has created, is
still sustained by the same word, it is out there. As you look into the starry skies and
study it all, it is there because of His word. The question that we want to find the answer
to within our inward self is, does that word affect you? That is the question that we have
to answer for us personally. God’s word will produce but there is something about me
that has to be dealt with so that that word can produce in me.
God said in Psalm 91 if you will set your love upon me. There is the condition of the
word having its power in your own personal life, in my personal life. Whether I set my
love upon God, whether I will accept the love that God has expressed to us in the gift of
His dear Son Jesus Christ. The reason why people do not find God’s word operative in
their life is because they have not set their love upon Him. They still have fear, they still
have something inside of them that puts a barrier between God and them as Adam and
Eve did. If I have a barrier there, can God’s word penetrate? That is what it suggests
that we must come to a point of entire trust in God. Entirely so, not just partially
because then only the partial of the word’s blessing will affect us; other things will be
shut out.
When we do set our heart upon and love Him because He has loved us and have His
wonderful love, then this very God whose eternal love becomes ours will speak
accordingly about us. Let God’s word create within you and me, this perfect release.
Isaiah 49:1 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her womb?
That is most unreal isn’t it that a woman will forget her sucking child?
Isaiah 49:1 …yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy
walls [are] continually before me.
May God grant us to take these words personally. He says I have graven you upon the
palms of my hands; you are constantly before me. His word falls upon a person who has
set his love upon Him.
Isaiah 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he
that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called
[thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.
How many people have read these words and have said that’s alright for the believer
over there? They do not take it as a reality for themselves. God is speaking to Jacob
which is the believer; God is speaking to Israel who is the one who has set his love upon
the Lord. He says do not be afraid, cast out all fear because you have set your love
upon me. I have redeemed thee. What have I done? I have redeemed thee. I have come
right into your life as one with you and have purchased your redemption by the detail of
the cross of Jesus Christ. I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou
[art] mine. This is reality. These are not just some lovely romantic words. We have
become so conditioned to romantic words like it is in a marriage sometimes. The
husband says to the wife, I love you and she goes, yeah!? Or she says to him I love you,
but he says okay?! Okay!? We have been conditioned to pick up on words that mean
nothing to us. You can trust God’s word.
Psalm 146:5 Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose
hope [is] in the LORD his God:
The issue that we face is that all those beautiful words are read and then we plunge
back into our daily work and we are full of anxiety. We are not continually mindful every
day and moment of these realities.
How do you face each day? The daily work that comes your way? I have to confess, that
I actually need this message because when I come face to face with responsibilities, it
overwhelms me. Even the work I did recently not so long ago, I went there and I went
oh, can I do this? I am a person who is afraid of failure. If I go and make success, I
surprise myself. I need a constant reminder and I practice what I am sharing with you
that as soon as a fear wants to overwhelm me I turn my mind to what I have shared
with others. The Lord has sometimes had to remind me with the words when others
were in the situation that you are in, what did you tell them? Thank you Lord, of course,
I shared the power of His word. That lifts me out of my danger zone of distrust of God.
We all face daily responsibilities. Are we concerned about our future? As things close in
on us and we think, what’s going to happen? I’ve got a pain here, I’ve got this agony
there, I’ve got this and the other thing; financially I can see trouble and I am concerned
and anxious about it. I face my daily work with a certain amount of tension and stress
and I become burdened. Are we perfectly at rest in the realisation where it says in the
words of apostle Peter let your moderation be known unto all men, the Lord is at hand?
In other words, don’t be stressed out. I am not proud of myself as I am very much
dependent on the Lord. Let your moderation be known unto all men, the Lord is at hand.
I am not the big guy; the Lord is the one that is actually here to carry me through and I
can be free of stress.
The present world is dying, is sick, because of tension, anxiety and stress. How many
people say I am stressed out? It is sad to see that a great number of Christians are
saying the same words the same symptoms of stress related sufferings. The Lord Jesus
has spoken about this to His followers. He tries to remind His disciples don’t be like the
world, you don’t need the stress that they have.
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so]
that day come upon you unawares.
Because your mind is not on the Lord and you are so overcharged with all the
responsibilities that are happening to you, Jesus says take heed to yourself. Be careful
that you don’t become overcharged. Notice that word. In today’s society everything is
charged with more and more stress, more and more expectations. People will put you
on expectation lists and you find it difficult to be able to disentangle yourself from the
burgeoning effect of expectations.
How do we deal with the words of Jesus when He says take heed to yourselves;? Don’t
be overcharged? Don’t let the world place so many burdens upon you; to deal with that,
we have those cares. Is it so easy to just dismiss certain things that we think are
expectations that we don’t want to let people down. We want to try to please everybody
all the time whether it is in business or whether it is in our social or family life. What do
we do? Let the word of God take our stress away.
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall
give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust
also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy
righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Here is some important practical instruction by which we may find perfect peace in the
circumstances that take away our peace; that we will so communicate with God and
love Him so dearly. We are learning here what it means to place your love upon Him.

Commit Your Way to God

The word commit is a word where you say all right, I give over to you. I want you to take
care of my problem; I commit myself to you. Who are your committing yourself to in this
setting? The king of kings; the one who rules, the one who sees the little sparrow fall
and says, I care for you.
1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that
he may exalt you in due time:
Here is the meaning of let your moderation be known to all men; be moderate in your
own ideas.
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Casting, committing your care, commit to Him the king of kings all your care. Place it
upon Him. He has broad shoulders, we are weak. Like the hymn:
I need Thee, oh I need Thee.
If we need Him, why don’t we cast everything upon Him? To commit or to cast
everything upon Him He answers to that and says I care for you. Who is caring for us?
He the king of kings, the God who takes care of the universe for whom nothing is
impossible. Just taking that into our psyche and experience, we can say I don’t have to
worry at all, I am giving it to somebody who can handle it., I can’t. Whenever we meet
circumstances which we feel are overwhelming us commit it to God. That is what I do
when I have all these things to do. Lord, into your hands I commend my spirit, I commit
it to you and then I marvel how when I am doing the work. I surprise myself because I
couldn’t have done it. It is God who is true to His word; He gives you the skill, He gives
you the help to do the things that we have to do because we have committed it to Him.
If we don’t commit it to Him, we take the burden upon our own selves and we are
feverishly trying to do it right. I have done that a few times and it fails every time.
Commit. Caste all your care upon Him, humble yourself. Don’t take it on your own
shoulders thinking I can do it.

Trust in the Lord

If you commit, then trust. He can do it so trust Him. Don’t say I have given it into your
hands and now I am not quite sure whether you are doing it right. We often do that.
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed.
Go about your life free of care. You cannot earn your salvation; you cannot gain your
health; you cannot have a relationship in the church that is correct if you are under a
care and stress. Go about your life in perfect trust.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
We say don’t worry about anything; this really punches it home’ be careful for nothing.
What are we to do? Caste your care upon the Lord and trust Him, be careful for nothing.
How do you ask God to help you? Oh Lord, please I need your help, or Lord, I need your
care and help here and I thank you that you will care for me. There is no stress.
How many times we fall into the danger of praying with a stressful spirit? No, He says
don’t be stressed, don’t stress about anything. Stress over nothing. Be careful for
nothing but put your prayer before the Lord, commit your needs before Him with
supplication and thanksgiving. It is an attitude of the heart where there is perfect
release that is here being expressed. Let’s apply His words directly as it is meant.
Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls
of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet
your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
He is saying don’t try to think how you are going to get your food, how you are going to
manage to eat and drink. Have I got enough clothing to keep myself warm? Life is more
than meat and raiment. See how God cares for the fowls of the air.
Matthew 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto
you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to
morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of
little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought,
He repeats it; don’t worry about anything.
Matthew 6:31 saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:)
The unbelievers are constantly focusing on the supply of their needs.
Matthew 6:32 …for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things.
What should you be seeking?
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
The kingdom of God is first in my life and I want to encourage you when you make
God’s kingdom first in your life, you might go through some little moments of concern
but commit it to God. Be thankful for it when you commit it there; trust Him. He says all
these other things will be added unto you. I have been through some tight moments but
I am here today and I’m going through some tight moments now too. The Lord has lead
me in the past and He is going to lead me on.
Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil
thereof.
I love how Jesus makes it abundantly clear to us what is meant about be careful for
nothing. Commit it to God and trust Him. Look how He takes care of the fowl of the
air, they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? (Verse 26) And why take ye thought
for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spin:
They receive of God, they gather and absorb as the necessities are upon them. It’s
there just for the taking. God provides it, can you trust Him? The question is according
to verse 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof. Are we not to
plan ahead? When you read these things, you think what a futile thing to even plan. Sr.
White does touch on this to help us understand correctly. Do we have to plan for the
future? When I go to a job to do something, I have to plan to make it work. I turn to God
and then it all comes together.
Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work.
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Every day make the kingdom of God first in your life.
Let your prayer be, “Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. {SC 70.1}
Can you see the word commit here?
I lay all my plans at Thy feet. {SC 70.1}
I have plans but those plans are not to predominate me.
Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in
Thee.” {SC 70.1}
Do you see the mental activity here?
This is a daily matter. Each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day.
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Now comes the important thing to do with the plans.
Surrender all your plans to Him, to be carried out or given up as His
providence shall indicate. {SC 70.1}
Are we prepared to do that? You have plans and you want those plans to come to
fruition and then comes a providence that stops them. I’m going to make this work not
matter what stops me. That adds stress; that adds problems. The Lord says here just
commit all to the Lord and yes, have plans but be prepared to alter them according to
God’s intervention for that day. That is what is meant here by those words take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof. You have to plan for tomorrow but
don’t worry about that. Tomorrow when you get up in the morning you have that plan
but if the Lord puts a blank on it never mind; that’s it. That is the mentality. That is
trust; that is relying upon God to direct my path every day. Notice the complete
dependence of a union together with Christ every moment.
There are few {5T 200.4}
That tells you something, doesn’t it?
…who rightly appreciate or improve the precious privilege of prayer. We
should go to Jesus and tell Him all our needs. We may bring Him our little
cares and perplexities as well as our greater troubles. Whatever arises to
disturb or distress us, we should take it to the Lord in prayer. When we feel
that we need the presence of Christ at every step, Satan will have little
opportunity to intrude his temptations. It is his studied effort to keep us away
from our best and most sympathizing friend. We should make no one our
confidant but Jesus. We can safely commune with Him of all that is in our
hearts. {5T 200.4}
This perfect trust, there are few who do that. Are we going to be those few so that we
can be totally at rest and have no anxiety because we are taking all our concerns in the
privilege of prayer? Making our supplications to Him, depending upon our prayer to Him
and His answer to our prayers and changing our plans where providence directs us?

Do Good, Your Very Best

We have plans and perplexities, we have different things but we commit them to God
and then what must we do when God directs us? Trust in the LORD, and do good (Psalm
37:3). In other words, as you lay your plans down and are free of concern and then take
up the duty that God places before us for that day, if He says yes go ahead with that
plan, now do we just say that’s nice then sit back and relax or do we get into it? Do
good; whatever you do at every given moment, do your best. There is an enthusiasm of
action that is needed.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might;
In other words, God doesn’t make us drones. He says now you have no problems
or stress, now I want you to do this and to do that, this is duty. That is My voice,
providence is My voice. Whatever you do, do it with exactness. With our expediting
ways, we often let those expediting ways conquer our concerns. No, you only expedite
that which the Lord directs in your life and then you do it with all your might, but don’t
let it predominate your concerns and your fears and start to go along and run ahead of
the Lord. This is all under God’s perfect trust, doing what He says, that is all.
The habit of brooding over anticipated evils is unwise and unchristian. In thus
doing we fail to enjoy the blessings and to improve the opportunities of the
present. {5T 200.3}
What do we often do? Oh, I am afraid of this; I’m afraid of the other thing and
anticipated evils; this is unchristian. Don’t be afraid; be careful for nothing. If you will be
careful for everything you will fail of enjoying the blessings. When you are not worried
about anything you just see the benefit coming your way and thank the Lord for helping
you. It wasn’t such a burden after all. If we anticipate and brood then we miss out.
The Lord requires us to perform the duties of today and to endure its trials.
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Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof. You will have strength for that day; you
haven’t got strength for tomorrow, you have the strength for today. If you worry about
tomorrow you will wear your strength out for today. How many times do people do that?
They sap their energy by worry. I need to have energy to do the duties of today and the
Lord has given me that.
We are today to watch that we offend not in word or deed. We must today
praise and honor God. By the exercise of living faith today we are to conquer
the enemy. We must today seek God and be determined that we will not rest
satisfied without His presence. We should watch and work and pray as though
this were the last day that would be granted us. How intensely earnest, then,
would be our life. How closely would we follow Jesus in all our words and
deeds. {5T 200.3}
Trust in the Lord and do good. Apply all the energy that you will apply to a given task
for that day and the Lord will bring it to pass, whatever you labour for. If we do our work
well today we have no need to fear for the future because that work that we have done
well today will bring its results. Did you notice something very important? He said the
birds simply take what is given to them. When you watch them they are really hard at
work, hopping around all the time. They are always active. They are looking at this and
picking up on everything that God provides them. What is the message here?
As you work, draw on your victuals and not on your vitals. What does that mean? That
first came to me when I was reading Jones’ sermons of 1888. He said draw on your
victuals, not on your vitals. What is a victual? It is something that is food; that has been
given you as food whether it is physical food to eat in your mouth, or whether it be
strength that is given you. If there is strength that God gives you, He says my strength I
will give unto you. That is a victual, whereas if you are relying on your vitals, you are
relying on your adrenals, your liver that has some store but you are relying on that store
and eventually it is going to drain out and you won’t have anything left.
Have you heard of adrenal fatigue? That is when people have relied on their adrenal
vitals. The adrenalin has drained out with all the stress and then the person takes ten to
twenty years to recover from that when he may learn to rely on his victuals and not on
his vitals. This is the point. The example of Jesus when He spent all night in prayer; did
He rely on His vitals? No, He was fresh the next day. It was God who said come aside I
am going to give you the energy for this night’s prayer life and tomorrow I will give you
life for the day. God called him into that. The Lord taught me that.
The only time that I prayed all night was when I had the need of prayer all night. I
continued all night in prayer and the next morning I was alive and my eyes didn’t even
burn. It was God who called me to that and it was obvious that it was Him who called
me to that; it was a duty. Jesus needed to pray sometimes all night so that He could
continue to work the next day the way God wanted Him. He used to get up early in the
morning; God woke Him up and gave Him the words to speak. Strength comes from
food not from store.
Palm 68:35 O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel
[is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God.
What is the victual? The God of Israel giveth strength and power.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches
in glory by Christ Jesus.
He has plenty of riches and if you need a supply of victuals God will supply what you
need and you will not wear out your vitals. You will not end up at the end of the day so
completely spent that after a night’s sleep you are not strong enough for the next day.
Your sleep will be sweet because you trust the Lord and that will produce energy for the
next day. You have not so over worked and drained yourself of all your vitals that you
have nothing left for the next day. This is what God is saying. Do good according to
what He supplies, not what He doesn’t supply because then you have to work on your
vitals.

Delight Yourself in the Lord

Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.
When you commit all and you find God supplies your strength there is something else
that strengthens you and that is delight. You know what it’s like when you suddenly get
a boost of joy nothing is too hard or a burden. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he
shall give thee the desires of thine heart. That is precious! When your desire deep down
is in harmony with God’s will He will bring it to pass. Seek ye first the kingdom of God.
Delight yourself in God’s kingdom and all these other things will be added unto you.
Your desires will be satisfied. In other words, wean your affections from all of the world
and place all your affections upon the things of God. Delight yourself in the Lord.
Do we well to be thus unbelieving? Why should we be ungrateful and
distrustful? Jesus is our friend; all heaven is interested in our welfare. We
should not allow the perplexities and worries of everyday life to fret the mind
and cloud the brow. {SC 122.1}
It is something you allow to happen if you fret and are brow beaten. Don’t allow it
because Jesus is our friend. How many times I see this problem. We allow the
perplexities and worries of everyday life to fret the mind and cloud the brow.
If we do we shall always have something to vex and annoy. {SC 122.1}
There is always something to annoy you when you permit this to happen. There is
always something that is going to annoy you. Haven’t you found that? That is only if we
allow the perplexities and worries of everyday life to fret the mind. Every time you fret
you know, no, I ‘m not trusting.
We should not indulge a solicitude that only frets and wears us, but does not
help us to bear trials. {…} You may be perplexed in business; your prospects
may grow darker and darker, {SC 122.1}
When that happens you can see things going wrong.
…and you may be threatened with loss; but do not become discouraged; cast
your care upon God, and remain calm and cheerful. Pray for wisdom to
manage your affairs with discretion, and thus prevent loss and disaster. Do all
you can on your part to bring about favorable results. Jesus has promised His
aid, but not apart from our effort. When, relying upon our Helper, you have
done all you can, accept the result cheerfully. {SC 122.2}
If all your plans come down in a heap, be cheerful. It doesn’t matter because God in His
providence has crushed that anticipation. It’s gone but God knows why. Be cheerful
about it.
It is not the will of God that His people should be weighed down with care. But
our Lord does not deceive us. He does not say to us, “Do not fear; there are
no dangers in your path.” He knows there are trials and dangers, and He
deals with us plainly. {SC 122.1}
When He shows you the dangers are you now going to be scared?
He does not propose to take His people out of a world of sin and evil, but He
points them to a never-failing refuge. His prayer for His disciples was, “I pray
not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest
keep them from the evil.” “In the world,” He says, “ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 17:15; 16:33. {SC
122.3}
There is the cheer; with the perplexities and our reliance upon God we will overcome as
Jesus did.
It is my deep desire that each one here will trust God. That we will trust God
unreservedly. That is what comes through this entire message. God’s word can be
trusted completely because His word will not return unto Him empty. Let us take these
thoughts that we have been going through here seriously. Live only for this hour, for
this day and leave the rest with God for you to connect tomorrow for the next bit. This is
what He says; be careful about nothing, but let all your requests be made known to the
Lord with thanksgiving.
Amen.
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