In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, suffering of faith failure.

I learned a long time ago when I would be confronted with some situation of some circumstance

and asking God about it, that almost every time his answer was the same.

Trust me.

Well, I didn't think that was a very long answer to my big problem on my situation,

whatever it may have been.

But I learned pretty soon after that, that when he said,

trust me, that was the first step. Wasn't the final step, but it's the first step.

Wasn't the final step, but it's a first step.

Because it was the foundation of everything else

he would say thereafter.

And sometimes those situations were settled briefly, quickly, sometime over a period of time.

But trusting him was the basic foundational truth that always needs to be there if you and I come to

him about anything because he's a trustworthy Heavenly Father. Think about this, he is

honored and as if God needed any honor. He is honored when you and I trust him in any given situation.

Because what we are doing is we're saying I recognize who you are, I recognize my need, I know

that you're the one who has the solution, it's beyond me and I have absolute confidence, Father, that you love me enough

to help me in this situation no matter what.

God is honored by our faith.

And when we don't trust him, it's dishonoring because he says he will, and if he says he will,

he will because he's always truthful, He's always faithful to his word no matter what that might be.

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