Day 25 – In God We Trust

Friday August 17

The little hand was pulled tightly in a fist, as if it was holding on with all its might. Then suddenly the Lord’s huge open hand appeared right next to it. And He spoke: “If you will let go of what’s in your hand, I will give you what’s in mine”.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:3-4

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8

When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? Psalm 56:3-4

Trust is the foundation of any healthy relationship. How much we trust depends on two things: how well we know someone’s character and our history with them. If we don’t know someone well, it can be difficult to trust. And if we have trusted but we have been disappointed, hurt or betrayed, it can be harder to trust that person or even someone else, again.
Just as trust is key in our natural relationships, so it is key in our relationship with God. If we have walked any length of time with the Lord, we have probably suffered some kind of disappointments and hardships. That is because there is a constant battle raging in the spiritual realm around us over the plans and purposes of God for our lives. The enemy wants to steal, kill and destroy all that is precious to us – our relationships, our dreams, our destiny and our giftings.
Because we have lived in a church that for the most part has not experienced the Almighty God who parted the Red Sea or empowered the church in the books of Acts, we are well acquainted with loss and disappointment. The enemy’s strategy is to use these disappointments or hurts to build up sufficient “circumstantial evidence” to cast doubt on the character and trustworthiness of God. Circumstantial evidence is a theory supported by a significant quantity of corroborating evidence that can be used to convict someone of wrongdoing (produce “reasonable doubt”) in the absence of hard evidence. The enemy is only too happy to give a "significant quantity of corroborating evidence" to cause us to waver in unbelief concerning the promises or character of God.
The more loss we have suffered – marital breakdown, church splits, relationships blown apart, a child who wanders from the Truth, a business failure, hope deferred and dreams seemingly unfulfilled – the more susceptible we are to the fear of loss working its way into the very fabric of our souls.

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Hebrews 2:14-15

What is death? It is the ultimate expression of loss. If we fear loss in any area we enter into bondage in that area and our discernment - our ability to hear the voice of God clearly – becomes compromised because of the mixture with this voice of fear. That is why the enemy seeks to subtly seed this fear deep in our hearts until it becomes a powerful voice driving us, vying with the voice of the Lord for the control of our lives.

What the fear of loss speaks to us is the lie that God is unable to protect that which is most precious to us in order to convince us to take things into our own hands. Why?

Because the enemy knows that whatever we leave in hand of the Lord the enemy is powerless to touch.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one. John 10:27-30

If the enemy cannot snatch us from Jesus’ hand, then neither can he take from us anything we have given into the Lord’s hand. This is why it is so important that we learn how to release back into God’s hands every good thing He gives us, trusting that He is able to keep it and to bring everything to perfect fulfillment in the right timing.

I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day. 2 Timothy 1:12

Throughout this consecration call the Lord has taking us back to the foundations – to our revelation and knowledge of Him. For us to trust Him, we must know whom we are believing. God has been giving us revelation that He is a loving and compassionate God, who is Holy and Above All the power of the enemy, and who is faithful and true to His word. God cannot lie – He is not a son of man that changes His mind. What He has spoken He will act to see fulfilled because He is watching over His word to perform it. When the truth of God’s character and His love for us gets deep in the foundation of our hearts, then every voice of fear will be silenced because “perfect love casts out fear”. (1 John 4:8)

It is a new day! God is rolling away the reproach and shame of the past season and releasing us from the slavery and bondage to fear of loss.

You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "that I am God.
Yes, and from ancient days I am he.
No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?" Isaiah 43:12-13

There is a window of grace open right now over our lives, our families, our churches, our cities, our provinces/regions and nation for redemption and restoration of all the enemy has stolen as we choose to release into God’s Hand every precious thing in our lives.

Can plunder be taken from warriors,
or captives rescued from the fierce?

But this is what the LORD says:

"Yes, captives will be taken from warriors,
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;
I will contend with those who contend with you,
and your children I will save. Isaiah 49:24-25

Let’s pray this prayer together. God I thank you for the truth of Your word setting me free. Lord I ask you right now to flood my heart with light and expose any areas where the enemy has gained a foothold in my heart through a fear of loss. Lord I ask that into all these areas you would pour a greater revelation of Your perfect love that casts out fear.

God I want to declare, by faith, that you are a trustworthy God who is able to keep and protect everything that I give to you. Father I come against the lies of the enemy that would try to tell me that I must hold on to or try to protect all the things that are important in my life. Father I choose today to release every precious thing in my life – my family and loved ones, my dreams, visions, calling and destiny- into Your hand. Jesus I know that you are the Good Shepherd and that no one can snatch anything out of Your hand – God deepen this revelation of your nature and character in my heart and life. Father I choose to let go and let God – I choose to let You take care of all that concerns me. I choose to trust in Your goodness and say “All my times are in Your hands”. In Jesus name, Amen.

Deeper is a simple song which we can sing as cry from our heart to the Lord to take us deeper into a revelation of His heart that He might cut any ties to any voices that want to hold us from our sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Deeper – Deep CD – Heather Clark (with Tracy Rahn and Dan Haight)

I want to go deeper and deeper
Deeper and Deeper
Deeper and deeper
With You (Repeat)

Oh Lord Untie me!
Untie Me
Untie Me
Untie Me

Untie Me Jesus
I will run
I will follow hard
After You

To the centre of Your Heart
To the centre of Your Heart (repeat)
Engulfed in Who You are
Raptured in Your Heart