Truly Trusting God

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Our Daily Bread Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The stray cat mewed pitifully, stopping me in my tracks. I had just walked past a pile of food that someone had carelessly discarded on the ground. Wow, God's provided a meal for this hungry cat, I thought. The food was hidden behind a nearby pillar, so I tried to lure the emaciated cat to it. It moved toward me trustingly—then stopped and refused to follow me further. I wanted to ask, Why don’t you trust my directions? There’s a whole meal waiting for you!

Then it struck me: Don’t I act similarly in my relationship with God? How often have I responded to His directions thinking, I do trust You, God, but I don’t think Your instructions are reliable—not realizing that His divine provision might be waiting right round the corner.

God’s paths are trustworthy, for He loves us and has our best interests at heart. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you,” He tells us (Psalm 32:8). Yet, He doesn’t treat us like animals that need to be controlled (v. 9). He desires us to follow Him willingly and promises His everlasting presence as we do so: “The Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him” (v. 10). All we need to do is just keep following Him, knowing that He’ll be with us every step of the way.

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0:00.0	I will instruct you in the way you should go with my loving eye on you.
0:06.8	Psalm 32, verse 8.
0:09.7	Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.
0:13.6	Our reading, truly trusting God, was written by Leslie Coe and read by West Ward.
0:21.3	Psalm 32 verses 6 through 11.
0:26.0	Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found. Surely the rising of the mighty
0:33.7	waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place. You will protect me from trouble and
0:40.5	surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.
0:48.1	I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Do not be like the horse or the mule which have no understanding, but must be controlled by
0:58.3	bit and bridle, or they will not come to you. Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord's
1:05.0	unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous, sing all you
1:14.6	who are upright in heart. Truly trusting God, written by Leslie Co. The stray cat meed pitifully,
1:32.2	stopping me in my tracks. I had just walked past a pile of food that someone had carelessly discarded on the ground. Wow, God provided a meal for this hungry cat,
1:39.1	I thought. The food was hidden behind a nearby pillar, so I tried to lure the emaciated cat to it.
1:47.1	It moved toward me, trustingly, then stopped and refused to follow me further.
1:53.2	I wanted to ask, why don't you trust my directions?
1:56.9	There's a whole meal waiting for you.
1:59.8	Then it struck me, don't I act similarly in my relationship with God?
2:05.4	How often have I responded to his directions thinking,
2:09.2	I do trust you, God, but I don't think your instructions are reliable,
2:15.6	not realizing that his divine provision might be waiting right around the
2:20.4	corner. God's paths are trustworthy, for he loves us and has our best interests at heart. I will instruct you
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