TRUST: Those who Trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion

TRUST: Those who Trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. The truth contained in this comparison is profound. I cannot capture the depth of what God is saying here in a promise to His people who trust in Him. Let’s just read the verse and share some references, so you can study further.

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

Since this is a comparison of God’s people and Mount Zion, the more we know and understand about Mount Zion will reveal more about this comparison. We will know about the people of God of which I declare I am because I have trusted in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. TRUST: Those who Trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.

What is Mount Zion? In the NIV, there are 22 references to the term “Mount Zion“. Also, there are 168 references to the term “Zion” in the NIV bible. In the Old Testament, Zion is known as Jerusalem, the City of David and the dwelling place of God. One reason is that God claimed the Israelites as His own people and provided His presence in the ark of covenant. Psalms 2:6 says, ““I have installed my king^(A) on Zion,^(B) my holy mountain.^(C)”” In Christ, we see the fulfillment of that in Matthew 21:5 which says,

“Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

That text is a reference from Isa 62:11 and  Zec 9:9. Since Christ is the King, He is also the holy mountain. This is why the church is known as Mount Zion or Zion in the New Testament. We are apart of God’s kingdom. Let’s see what God says in Hebrews 12

¹⁸ You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; ¹⁹ to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, ²⁰ because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”^{[c] 21} The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”^[d]

²² But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, ²³ to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴ to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

²⁵ See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? ²⁶ At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”^{[e] 27} The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

²⁸ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, ²⁹ for our “God is a consuming fire.”^[f]

We see there in verse 28 that we, the believers/followers of Jesus Christ, are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken; therefore, let us be thankful and worship God with reverence and awe.

This is the comparison spoken of in Psalm 125:1 “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.” God promises to be our stability and our security. Our inability to be shaken is rooted in God’s promise which is established by His Almighty Power, His omnipotence. 

With all of Israel’s history in the Old and New Testaments as well as believers today, God is not saying we will not escape hardship, trial or sufferings. He is saying TRUST: Those who Trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. If we trust in Him, we will not be shaken and we will endure.

As I said, I couldn’t capture everything from this one verse, but the essence is for us to TRUST: Those who Trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.

 

TRUST: It is Better to…

Growing up, my mother shared a little rhyme with me that captured her expectations for me. She taught me this saying: Good, better, best. Never let rest, until the good becomes better, and the better becomes best. The point of the rhyme is to say we can always seek to improve ourselves amid the options to settle for outcomes that are less desirable. We have an option. We have a choice, but as she would also tell me every choice carries a consequence. The consequence will either hurt me or help me.

In Psalm 118, the psalmist identifies the consequences of trusting in man versus trusting in God. He says, TRUST: It is Better to Trust in God. Listen to what he says.

Psalm 118

⁵ When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.
⁶ The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?
⁷ The Lord is with me; he is my helper.
    I look in triumph on my enemies.

⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in humans.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in princes.
¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹¹ They surrounded me on every side,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹² They swarmed around me like bees,
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹³ I was pushed back and about to fall,
    but the Lord helped me.
¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my defense;
    he has become my salvation.

The reality is we all have a choice to make when it comes to where we will place our faith. It is impossible not to have faith in something or someone. The psalmist shares his position and experience on the matter. Seemingly, it appears to be when he was in a battle with danger surrounding and encroaching him. What did he do? He demonstrated TRUST: It is Better to Trust in God.

When he was pressed, he cried to the Lord. He knew the lesson from TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy. We learned and know that God hears the cry for mercy of those who love Him. Despite our penchant to waver in unbelief in the midst of a hardship, storm or trial, the psalmist wrote in verse eight and nine that “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. ⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.” When the enemy surrounded him, he said TRUST: It is Better to Trust in God.

Where are you being pursued or encroached? Is it financial, relational, vocational or health wise? For me, I know I am being pursued relationally. The wicked one is after my daughter and son. Other than God, I have no viable defense. My trust must be in God to protect, preserve and promote my children to the next level in Christ. All of my hope for their future is rooted in my trust of God. In Jeremiah 29:11-12, God says “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.” While that was a specific promise to the Israelites during that time, the promise has applications for us today as well. 

In Psalm 40:5 God tells us that many are the wonderful things He has planned for us. The greatest plan and similarity is that God, through Christ Jesus, has freed me from the bondage of slavery to sin just as He freed the Israelites from the bondage of slavery in Egypt. He freed us both for the same reason: that we may worship Him. God created us to worship Him; therefore, we must TRUST: It is Better to Trust in God.

TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy

Over the past few weeks, I have attempted to provide rationale for TRUSTing God. Virtually, all of the reasons have pointed to what God has done in someone else’s life. The passage in Psalm 116 is no different today. It highlights what God did in the psalmist’s life. The difference today is how I am looking at it.

As you read the passage below, overlay the circumstance on your life. In keeping with the theme trust, look in your life to see where TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy has been answered.

Psalm 116

¹ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
    he heard my cry for mercy.
² Because he turned his ear to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

³ The cords of death entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:
    “Lord, save me!”

⁵ The Lord is gracious and righteous;
    our God is full of compassion.
⁶ The Lord protects the unwary;
    when I was brought low, he saved me.

⁷ Return to your rest, my soul,
    for the Lord has been good to you.

⁸ For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,
⁹ that I may walk before the Lord
    in the land of the living.

¹⁰ I trusted in the Lord when I said,
    “I am greatly afflicted”;
¹¹ in my alarm I said,
    “Everyone is a liar.”

¹² What shall I return to the Lord
    for all his goodness to me?

¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.
¹⁶ Truly I am your servant, Lord;
    I serve you just as my mother did;
    you have freed me from my chains.

¹⁷ I will sacrifice a thank offering to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in the courts of the house of the Lord—
    in your midst, Jerusalem.

    Praise the Lord.

TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy is the psalmist reason for trusting God. Like the psalmist, I too have cried out to God for mercy. I would be remiss and faineant if I did not recount when God saved my soul. This was the greatest cry for mercy that God responded in my life. I was wondering aimlessly in life. I had no idea why I was here. During my senior year in high school, I said that there had to be more to life than going to college to get a good job to get a good girl, a good house and a good car. It seemed so futile to me. I cried out to God asking Him to show me why I am here. I cried for mercy for a greater purpose than pursuing those things. God did hear my cry, and He answered. He showed me that I was created for His good purpose – to enjoy a personal relationship with Him through Jesus Christ and to share Christ with others that they too may know Jesus as Savior and Lord. God had heard and responded to my cry for mercy. TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy

Another cry for mercy that God heard was when I had allowed greed to cloud my judgment. Rather than giving glory to God for causing the increase in my investing, I became prideful in assuming the credit. I failed to heed God’s directive to ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. I allowed greed to fuel me. Ultimately, it literally led to me loosing all my money except one dime in my brokerage account. It was enough money that I could have retired. Gone were my plans to build the house of my dreams, to pay off my parents’ mortgage, to establish the foundation of my future children’s college fund. The privilege to not have to work to pay for a home was gone. I had lost everything financially, but God heard my cry for mercy. God heard me acknowledge my sin of pride and greed. He rescued me. He told me I did have a future but not the one I envisioned. He gave me a future – one filled with the greatest wealth ever – intimate knowledge of God working in and through my life. Experiencing a life with and in God is the greatest riches.

There are scores of other instances when God heard my cry for mercy that has caused me to TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy. I want to share one more though. It involves my children. First, God allowed us to have two children – a girl and a boy. Moreover, I believe and am convinced that God allowed us to have children to reproduce after our own kind not just physically but spiritually as well. I am trusting God for the salvation of my children. It is not as though I do not have challenges with them. They, like the rest of us, have their own struggles, but it is my hope and faith that God will establish and build their faith through their cries for mercy. Hallelujah- TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy

The psalmist accurately tells us that his love for God stems or originates out of God’s love for him. God heard his cry for mercy. The psalmist says, “Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.” How does this compare with your desire and efforts to pursue God? Have you resolved to follow God because of He heard your cry for mercy? If not, maybe it because you have not trusted Him. Give God a try. Then you will be able to say, TRUST: He Heard My Cry For Mercy.

TRUST: God is My Help and Shield

Over the past few weeks, I have been reading, thinking, meditating and calling for us to TRUST God. In fact, I have just reiterated God’s call for man to TRUST him. God, through His Word, has provided us many examples of why it is reasonable and beneficial to TRUST Him.

Psalm 115 is no different. TRUST in the verses below is the word batach which means to trust, to have confidence in or be confident. The passage compares and contrasts trusting in idols which are made by human hands and has no life with trusting in the Lord. When it says “trust in the Lord”, Lord is the word Yĕhovah or Jehovah, “the existing One”. The psalmist leaves no room for ambiguity in terms of who should be the object of our faith or trust.

What reason is given for our confidence? TRUST: God is My Help and Shield. Listen to what the psalmist says in Psalm 115 .

⁹ All you Israelites, trust in the Lord—
    he is their help and shield.
¹⁰ House of Aaron, trust in the Lord—
    he is their help and shield.
¹¹ You who fear him, trust in the Lord—
    he is their help and shield.

Israel has always included those who were not of physical Jewish descent. God affirms this in the New Testament as well in several places in scripture with Romans 9:6 and Ephesians 2:11-13 being two of them. Now that we know God intended for all of mankind to have a relationship with Him, we must look at what God expects.

God expects faith or trust in Him. Look at the passage again. Trust in the Lord is stated three times. One reason is to underscore that is the essence of relationship with God. All you Israelites, House of Aaron and You who fear him is inclusive of any division of how people may have seen one another. God puts them all on a level playing field in terms of His expectation – Trust in the Lord.

God expects us to trust or have confidence in Him. As a consequence, God gives us reasons to base our confidence or trust in Him. The Word says that he is our help and shield. The word for help is `ezer which conveys one who helps or aids. A succour (succor) which is a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid. The idol in the previous verses isn’t alive so the idol cannot give help, relief or aid. The word for shield is magen which conveys a protector or defender. A shield provides protection or defense in a battle.

God is saying to us that I am the one who will help you and protect you, but an idol, which is made by your hands, is not alive and cannot help and protect you. I reiterate TRUST: God is My Help and Shield. I am not sure what you are facing, but if you are an Israelite, that is one who has trusted in Jesus as Savior and Lord, God promises to be your help and shield. What more could we ask for than Almighty God to help us and protect us.  

TRUST: God is My Help and Shield.

TRUST: Never Be Shaken

Earthquakes have been a part of the human existence for a long time. It is a great aid in the metaphor presented in title of the post. The question of how can one experience two opposing realities is answered as well in our text.

Without a doubt, those who are present when an earthquake ensues will shake along with every thing else that is connected or tied to the earth. If that is the case, how can one experience an earthquake without being shaken. In the physical or natural realm, one will not escape the shaking; however, in the spiritual, one can escape being shaken by demonstrating godly character which preserves from fear of evil and ensures success against enemies because of one’s trust in God: TRUST: Never Be Shaken. 

I am not stating that one will not experience danger, fear, hardship or harm. What I am saying is that God has promised that the man or woman who trusts in Him can live above the emotion that comes from danger, fear, hardship or harm. Actually, I am not saying it; God is. He says TRUST: Never Be Shaken.

Psalm 112

⁶ Surely the righteous will never be shaken;
    they will be remembered forever.
⁷ They will have no fear of bad news;
    their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

Clearly, bad news does not discriminate, but God is offering us the opportunity to live above our circumstances. The Word does not say the righteous would not have bad news. God says the righteous would not have fear of bad news because their hearts are steadfast (continually) trusting in the Lord. The righteous man or woman does not fear bad news, because he/she knows that God is able to bring him/her through it. He knows TRUST: Never Be Shaken.

The word for shaken in this verse is mowt (mōte) which means to totter, shake, slip, to be shaken, be moved, be overthrown. Why? Psalm 108:1 says, “My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul.” The believer must TRUST that God is in control and will use whatever “bad news” he faces or befalls him for his good. That is what we are told in Romans 8:28 among many other places in the Word. Joseph attested to this fact in Genesis 50:20. Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah attested to this fact in Daniel 3:15-18. God attests to this fact in Jeremiah 29:11.

 

When we get to Psalm 15 TRUST: Never Be Shaken, we can only stand on those truths. That foundation is restated in Psalm 55:22 which says, “² Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” The tottering, shaking, slipping, moving or overthrowing can be stopped or thwarted at the discretion of God. He says never. God constantly guides us in the matter of bad news.

God is faithful, holy, right, true and able. He has, is and will keep the righteous from being shaken. It is God who gives the faith to trust Him in the midst of the storm. We simply need to sing and make music with our soul of God’s character and God’s power which are The Basis of Trust.

TRUST: Never Be Shaken.

TRUST: Deflect SHADE

In the English language, we know that words have multiple meanings. Let’s take cool for example. Cool normally refers to the lack of high heat or hot temperatures. It can also be used to describe the character of a person or at least how a person acts that depicts an endearing quality.

SHADE is another term that has morphed into multiple meanings. Shade typically refers to an area that is sheltered from the rays of the sun. In the vernacular, it has recently become to mean that one is acting in a casual or disrespectful manner towards someone/dissing a friend. Whether heat rays from the sun or being disrespected by another person, people have to make a choice about how they will respond to the conditions around them.

Likewise, God calls for us to make a choice as to how we will respond to circumstances in our lives. I say God says TRUST: Deflect SHADE. In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus said, “¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

God’s expectation for the follower of Christ is for you to light your light shine. When we fail to trust in God, we are not following Him. We are not depending on Him. We fail to TRUST: Deflect SHADE.

The psalmist conveyed the same thing. We see what happens when we TRUST in God rather than respond by depending on self or others.

Psalm 37

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
    your vindication like the noonday sun.

We do not have to prove ourselves and the motives of our hearts to man but to God. God is the one who calls us to act justly and righteously. Micah 6:8 says, “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Whatever our endeavor, God expects us to commit it to Him then trust Him for the outcome. He promises to make righteousness, not a favored outcome, shine like the noon day sun. The sun is at its highest height over the earth at noon. It is its most brilliant and brightest. Our improper response such as failing to trust God cast shade over the righteousness He has given us. As a consequence, God is saying TRUST: Deflect SHADE.

TRUST: God’s Promise of Protection Comes to those who have Faith in Him

As I continue to pursue and deepen my understanding of TRUST i.e. faith in God, I continue to be amazed at how simple TRUST is yet so elusive. What amazes me more is God’s efforts to convey who He is and what He has done to encourage us to TRUST Him. God does not need to prove Himself, but He has obligated Himself to prove that to those who are His.

God desires to have an intimate relationship with man where man shares his deepest thoughts and fears then God demonstrates His worthiness in man’s trust. This is where we see TRUST: God’s Promise of Protection Comes to those who have Faith in Him. For those in the Word and those of us in this world, God’s purpose in doing this is to encourage one another to pursue Him. We see this in Psalm 91.

¹ Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”…
¹⁴ “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.”

In this passage, the psalmist starts off expressing how he believes he will be protected – by being close to God. He goes on to talk about dangers or hardships that is facing Him. Like us all, we all seek support and help when circumstances overshadow our abilities. Where do we run to? Where does our help come from? Here, as in other places in scripture, we see that our help comes from God. Now, TRUST: God’s Promise of Protection Comes to those who have Faith in Him. 

The passage starts off by the psalmist speaking. It ends in God speaking to the psalmist. What did God say? Verses 14-16 captures what God says. The essence of what God says is TRUST: God’s Promise of Protection Comes to those who have Faith in Him. God appears to be motivated or at least moved to action because of the psalmist loves Him and acknowledges His name. That makes TRUST: Do Not Turn Aside so much more important. As a consequence of loving God and acknowledging His name, God says:

• I will rescue him.
• I will protect him.
• I will answer him.
• I will be with him in trouble.
• I will deliver him.
• I will honor him.
• I will satisfy him with long life.
• I will show him my salvation.

TRUST: God’s Promise of Protection Comes to those who have Faith in Him. What a blessing TRUSTING God brings. Who does not want to be rescued, protected, answered, companioned, delivered, honored, satisfied and saved? I don’t know of anyone who would reject those things; yet, when we reject Jesus, we are rejecting those things. We are not loving God nor acknowledging His name. TRUST: God’s Promise of Protection Comes to those who have Faith in Him.

 

TRUST: Do Not Turn Aside

There are more than half a million bridges in the United States, and you rely on them every day to cross obstacles like streams, valleys, and railroad tracks. The bridge purposes to carry you over some obstacle that would make travel impossible at worst and inefficient travel at best.

I do not know of any reasonable person who would turn to the left or right to go over the side of a bridge. If so, one could reasonably expect to have serious injuries or to die. Likewise, God is a bridge for us in this life. God enables us to span difficulties, hardships and sufferings. More than anything else, God, through Christ Jesus, enables us to span the chasm created by our sin and His righteousness. We would not be able to gain access to God without Christ.

King David foreshadowed this fact in Psalm 40:4. David speaks about the blessedness or happiness of the person who TRUST: Do Not Turn Aside. The reality is that our battle in this life is in whom or what will we place our faith or trust. Romans 1:17 tells us that “For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”” Furthermore, Romans 3:22 tells us that “This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,”

Psalm 40:4

Blessed is the one
    who trusts in the Lord,
who does not look to the proud,
    to those who turn aside to false gods.

Turning aside is akin to trusting in the proud or in false gods. God says we are happy when we maintain trust in Him rather than to the proud or false gods. There is no salvation in the proud or false gods. They cannot span the ever-growing chasm of unrighteousness that is a result of our sin. Only Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for our sins. John writes “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ² He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”

Romans 10:1-4 says, “Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ² For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴ Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.”

So it is my prayer for you. I pray that you TRUST: Do Not Turn Aside.

TRUST: What Have You Seen and Feared that Led to You Trusting God

A basic and effective reading strategy is cause and effect. A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens. Let’s examine an elementary example: Evan forgot his math book at school, so he was not able to complete his homework. Obviously, you see the relationship in that simple example. Evan forgot his book, so he couldn’t complete his homework. When life gets crowded and moves faster, some times we are not able to see things so clearly. Even that statement exhibits a cause/effect relationship.

In the bible, we can see many examples of cause and effect. In Psalm 40, we observe a cause and effect relationship: TRUST: What Have You Seen and Feared that Led to You Trusting God. Trust is an effect or function of a cause. We perceive something that leads to us trusting. What is the cause in Psalm 40 and in so many other places in the Word of God?

Psalm 40

¹ I waited patiently for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.
² He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
    out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
    and gave me a firm place to stand.
³ He put a new song in my mouth,
    a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
    and put their trust in him.

What are some of the cause/effect relationships seen in those few verses? First, the psalmist, who happens to be King David, calls or cries out to God. Then, he waited patiently for the Lord. The effect was that the Lord turned to David and heard his cry. Then, God lifted him out of the slimy pit, set his feet on a rock, giving him a firm place to stand. God put a new song in his mouth – a hymn of praise to God.A new song connotes that there was a victory of some kind. The presumption is that he previously had a song of lament.

Another cause/effect relationship here is that David recorded all of this, so many will see and fear the Lord resulting in them putting their trust in Him. David recorded God’s goodness to him in his hardship or suffering. His hope, which is a cause, is that many would see and fear the Lord resulting in them putting their trust in God. Therefore, trust is an effect of one seeing and fearing, respecting, who God is and what God has done which is The Basis of Trust.

TRUST: What Have You Seen and Feared that Led to You Trusting God. More importantly, what can you share, as David does in Psalm 40, from your life that God has done which may cause others to see, fear and put their trust in the Lord. My prayer is that as people read these posts that you too will see, fear and put your trust in the Lord. Look for someone today to tell what God has done for you. Be blessed.