IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD-GOOD MORNING

IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD

“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.” (Psalms 118:8-9 NKJV)

When Pekah the king of Israel formed an alliance with Rezin king of Syria to besiege Jerusalem, God sent prophet Isaiah to Ahaz the king of Judah to strengthen his heart and to assure him of God’s supernatural intervention and help in the battle. Therefore Isaiah prophesied to Ahaz in Isaiah 7:4-7, saying, “Take heed, and be quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.’Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, “Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel” ‘thus says the Lord GOD: “It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass.” (NKJV). What a great promise and assurance from the faithful God! At first, Ahaz appeared to have strong faith in God’s ability to fulfil His promise to deliver him and the city of Judah from the hands of their enemies who had risen up against them. Even when God asked Ahaz to request for a sign to fully convince or assure him of God’s intervention and help in the battle, he quickly responded, “I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!” (Isa. 7:12 NKJV).

Apparently, the words of Ahaz expressed great confidence in God. But Ahaz’s subsequent actions proved otherwise. While Ahaz’s words expressed faith, his actions expressed fear and unbelief in God. True faith is not a mere confession; it is action. True faith is not just talking; it is resting in God, waiting for God, and acting upon God’s Word. In spite of Ahaz’s words of faith, yet he would not trust in God or wait for God to bring to pass His promise of supernatural aid. Rather than waiting for God’s permanent succour, Ahaz pursued man’s temporary relief. When you allow God to choose and direct you to the person He has appointed to help you in a given situation, you will not need to coax, entice, persuade or manipulate the person to receive help from him. Likewise, the person will not seek to play ‘god’ in your life, take advantage of you, exploit, defraud or abuse you.

Friend, hold fast unto God’s word and promises; don’t ever give up on God regardless of the situation. Although your enemies may seem to be closing in on you on every side, fear not; your God is greater than all your enemies and He is closer to you than any of your enemies.

Liberation Thought: Relax your mind, for God will help you right on time!

Further Reading: 2 Kings 16

Prayer:

O God do not let me fall into Ahaz error. Let my trust this year be totally rooted in you.
O Lord be my help in the times of difficulties and at all time
Every impatient spirit that will make me to bow to pressure to turn to man for help, I