"Can You Trust Him?"

"Can you trust Him?" That seems to be a question that many people have when considering whether or not the promises of God are true. I would emphatically say, "Yes, you trust Him," but the question that follows most often is this, "Why?" or maybe the better question is "Should I?"
When God asks us to trust Him, especially in our early days of following Him, one of the most common gut reactions is fear. Questions flood our mind and doubt fills our heart. You are not alone when these things happen. The Apostles, the chosen of God to be the first to bring His Gospel message to the world doubted, Abraham doubted, Moses doubted, the guy down the street doubts, your pastor has doubted (more than likely anyway), and Oswald Chambers, author of one of the most well-known devotionals, doubted. Doubt is a common thing in the Christian's journey, but it need not be acrippling thing. God gives us many examples in Scripture of those that doubted and though He sometimes needed to rebuke them He always gave them grace and strength to accomplish the task that He asked them to do.
You see, we cannot conjure up faith or trust in our lives. Faith is a gift of God but as we seek Him and get to know Him better our faith will grow. As we live our lives more and more according to His ways we will find that He can be trusted. Though the world, our flesh, and the devil will scream at us not to follow Him know this, we can. Jesus asks us to lay down our lives and to follow Him whole-heartedly, completely. I suggest you do, but don't take my word for it, take His. Do you think that He doesn't see your tears, that He doesn't know that your heart is broken? He does. Cry out to Him. He will answer the cries of your heart. Trust Him. He will take care you. Has He asked you to do something you are afraid of or just plain don't want to do? Trust Him. His ways are best. It's for your good, the good of others, and for His glory.
So, the question remains, and if it is a question that you want to ask someone or someone has asked you, the answer is the same, "Yes, you can trust Him."