Uncommon Trust: Learning to Trust God When Life Doesn't Make Sense

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Ann Wilson talk with Erik Reed, author of Uncommon Trust, about his family’s journey through unimaginable loss--and holding on to Jesus through it all.

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0:00.0	This episode is supported in part by the Christian Standard Bible, a translation designed to be faithful to the original text and clear for everyday readers.
0:10.0	We're grateful for their partnership and helping bring gospel-centered content to families like yours.
0:15.6	To learn more about the CSB, visit CSBival.com.
0:23.5	To trust the Lord, to trust anything is to put full confidence and dependence on that thing, right?
0:29.0	The Hebrew verb there to trust is actually imaged by somebody laying face down on the ground with their back exposed, right?
0:36.0	You're in your most vulnerable position.
0:37.7	You're trusting whoever's in the presence of you to not harm you, to not take advantage of you,
0:42.2	right? You're fully exposed. And this idea of trusting God with all your heart, every fiber of your
0:46.7	being, nothing held back and not lean on your own understanding. That's the contrast.
0:52.3	And so the way that we learn to trust God is we have to know him.
0:57.4	And we come to know him through His Word.
0:59.4	We come, it's not our opinions of God that matter.
1:02.0	It's who is God?
1:02.9	It has he revealed himself.
1:16.2	Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.
1:17.4	I'm Ann Wilson.
1:21.5	And I'm Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLife Today.com.
1:23.5	This is Family Life Today. Well, I've often. day.
1:32.2	Well, I've often preached.
1:34.5	Yes, she's preached a lot.
1:38.5	Well, I was just wondering if you can finish this sermon theme.
1:40.0	Sitting there in the front row.
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