As we have learned this week, our God is fully trustworthy.

Placing our trust in his hands is the wisest thing we could ever do.

As we finish up our week on trust today, we'll explore how trust plays a role in our sanctification

and maturing as believers. As we commit to walk with and trust the Lord, may he bring forth

a harvest of righteousness in our lives. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Psalm 37 verses 5 and 6.

Scripture says,

Commit your way to the Lord.

Trust in him, and he will act.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light

and your justice as the noonday.

Sanctification and holiness are words that used to strike terror in my heart.

As a believer, I have always tried to pursue holiness, and I always seem to fail.

It seems like no matter what I do, I can't escape sin and can't get past my own brokenness and mess.

Even in seasons where I am experiencing freedom from some sins,

there always seems to be something else I need to fix or get better at.

I felt like I was on this endless tightrope of spiritual development that I kept falling off of,

and of which I couldn't seem to find the end.

While God's heart is most definitely for our sanctification and holiness,

his perspective is far different than what I just described.

You see, God knows that sanctification doesn't come about through our efforts.

I can in no way sanctify myself, because in and of myself, I have no holiness.

The truth God has for us today is simply this.

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