Trust

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Permalink Reply by Seek on August 2, 2013 at 6:33am

You don't put your trust in the man (workers, teachers, etc.), but in that God will put the right people in your employment and over you in the school, etc.  You trust that God will help them to get the job done and if they won't, He will move them out and put another in.

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Permalink Reply by Colby on August 2, 2013 at 11:45am

This verse is Jeremiah 17:5.  Here you can read it in context.

These links will give you some insight: 

http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/17-5.htm 

http://www.sotlmilford.net/home/140003275/140003275/docs/Jeremiah%2....

http://www.theseason.org/jeremiah/jeremiah17.htm

http://www.allenrandolph.com/?tag=jeremiah-175-8

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Permalink Reply by Tammy on August 6, 2013 at 3:11pm

Proverbs 3:5-6 says Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight. In this verse, He tells us not to even trust in our own understanding. As humans, our emotions come into play which can lead us to make the wrong choices so to know the correct path, the Lord is the only One to trust. 

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Permalink Reply by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on August 7, 2013 at 2:58am

AMEN , but tammy some say that we can trust people cause they are angels sent by God is that so ??

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Permalink Reply by Seek on August 7, 2013 at 6:09am

Who are these some?  Nowhere does the Bible say people are angels sent by God.  It says that sometimes we entertain angels unaware.  That has nothing to do with trusting, but it is telling us to treat everyone with kindness because you never know when that person is an angel sent by God.  We're supposed to show love and kindness...which isn't the same as trusting.  Trust is something earned by one's deeds and actions.  Like trusting God because He's been shown to be faithful and because of what He did for us.  But even when you trust people who have shown to be trustworthy, they're still human and can let us down. 

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Permalink Reply by Sathish Kumar ( Dan) on August 8, 2013 at 2:43am

Now that brings up a question ... What does TRUST mean how would u define it ????

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Permalink Reply by Seek on August 8, 2013 at 5:46am

Well Webster defines it as:

1

a : assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something

b : one in which confidence is placed

2

a : dependence on something future or contingent : hope

My definition in part is that trust is something built because of one's character.  If we know someone behaves in a certain way all the time, we can trust that they will behave in that same manner in the future.  It is something that you gain through seeing repeated actions from someone.  If you know a person will criticize anything you say, you wouldn't want to trust that you can confide in that person...they wouldn't be a reliable character to trust in to get sound advice. 

As humans however, we're prone to failings.  You can have someone catch you every time you fall back into their arms and build a trust that they will keep catching you.  Until the day they get a sneezing fit just as you fall and they miss.  ;-) 

God however does not have any failings.  ;-)

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