Try Faith in God

"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act." (Ps. 37:5)

We often talk about having faith in God, but do we really trust in Him? In this psalm, David says that God will act in our behalf. But notice when He does, when we commit ourselves to absolute dependency in Him through the proposition of faith.

The Bible talks about faith, and describes faith, and gives us many illustrations of faith, but it never really defines faith. A careful study of Hebrews 11 suggests that a working definition of faith might be something like, taking God at His word and then acting upon it. Romans 10: 17 lets us know that faith is built upon the word of God. It is resting in the truth that God has committed Himself to act upon.

We speak of having faith. Many times, however, we have a vague willingness to really trust God. We pray and say that we are trusting Him, but we really hold on to the issue that we are needing to exercise faith about just in case. Faith becomes real when we surrender absolutely to God and God alone. We become so committed to the trust in Him that if He does not act we have no other option and we are at risk.

Look again at the promise of this verse. "Commit your way to the Lord." That is the command. Surrender fully the matter at hand to God's care. Turn loose of it, completely. "Trust in Him." That is not simply a restatement of the first phrase. It is the assurance that the command here means depend absolutely on God alone. Look at the absoluteness of the promise. God will act. It does not say He might act, but He will act. When does God act? When you have surrendered completely to His sovereign control. Will He do what I want? He will do what is right and what is best.