Trust and Obey

Trust and obey
Searching for a bible verse, which mentions both words, I found it only in one verse.Isa. 50:10..Although there are numerous verses talking about trusting or obeying seperate. But some are implying both concepts.[1Tim, 4:10]. Isai.50:10 is a very informative verse with a hidden promise.."who is that among you that feared the Lord, that obeyed the voice of His Servant, that walketh in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God."This form of the LOrd's question is actually implying that if you do trust and obey Him , you will never walk in darknes and remain with Him, having light allt he time..
Many other verses confirm this promise. Exodus 19:5
is telling us that if we obey the Lord , we will be His peculiar people ! The word peculiar seems to have a negative meaning nowadays.. Webster says it means "strange queer or od. However in the biblical KJ language , it means to be different and set aside from worldly people and called " saints " See also 1 Pet.2:9, we sing this verse all the time ! I would encourage you to look up all the verses which te are telling us the benefits of trusting and obeying ,
During my ministry in the Philippines, the Lord instructed me to put great emphasisontheIlacanoword :"panactulnoc" [obedience]. And I quoted John 14:15 almost everytime I preached.
"if you love me you obey my comandments" And Jessus promised us in John 15:10 that when we obey His comandment, we will abide in His love. This is one of the best comforting promises to me .
In some of my former articles I did already explain that the concept of trusti s rooted in Faith.If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior, you also trust in Him.
Even in our common daily language we say sometimes
"i have faith in so and so" ,meaning that we trust him or her.Trust is the greatest proof of honor you can give to your Lord. This is why Jesus said that unless we become like litle children, we can not enter the Kingdom of God. This is a strong warning that we must have trust in Him.
Do we realy obey and trust the Lord while we are saying that we love Him? The love chapter of 1 Cor.13 {NIV] tells us in verse 7 that love always trusts !
I do not think that an exolanation of the concept of obedience is needful.Most all people know what it means. Jamres 1:22 states that we should be doeres of the Word and not hearers only.. And so deceiving ourselves.This entails the concept of biblical obedience.. However , today there seems to be many who are " decieving themselves "
I pray and hope that this article will help you not to be one of them ! And that you want to trust and obey our precious Lord
His and your servant, Johannes Weiss.