Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
—Proverbs 3:5
Trust isn’t tested in the pew; it’s tested in battle.
It’s tested when the night is dark, and cold, and lonely.
It’s tested when loss is devastating and answers are elusive.
Jesus knows the helplessness and desertion you feel when your world is falling apart. He knows how it feels to pray and wonder if you’re being heard: his garden prayer—“if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me”—was answered by silence.
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” he cried from the Cross. Yet, with his final breath, he declared his trust: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” Three days later, God honored that trust with a spine-tingling, heart-stirring, world-changing Sunday.
God rewards trust that persists
through trials and tears.