{"id":427,"date":"2014-10-21T10:06:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcreationgeneration.com\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2016-05-23T23:40:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T04:40:36","slug":"my-level-of-trust-sets-my-level-of-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newcreationgeneration.org\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Nugget – Submission depends on Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Level of ‘Trust’ Sets My Level of Submission<\/strong>
\nUsually, Christians are commanded to “turn the other cheek”, but in especially this one issue, “faith”, Christians are commanded to Fight!! .. 1 Tim 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

God places great premium on faith; like love, an entire chapter is given to highlight its importance – read Hebrews 11. Incidentally “faith … worketh by love<\/em>” Gal 5:6.<\/p>\n

In this ‘nugget’ I want us to focus on the “trust” aspect of faith; this is not unscriptural as the Greek word “pistis” (ref Strong’s 4102. pi\u00b4stis;<\/em>), also embodies trust and faithfulness. So for this case, the verse would read “Fight the good fight of trust,<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Hebrews 10:39 to 11:2 says:
\n“[10:39]\u00a0However, we are not the kind who shrink back and are
\ndestroyed; on the contrary, we keep trusting and thus preserve our lives!<\/em>
\n[11:1]\u00a0Trusting* is being confident of what we hope for,
\nconvinced about things we do not see.<\/em> [2]\u00a0It was for this that
\nScripture attested the merit of the people of old<\/em>.” (CJB)<\/p>\n

I have quoted the Complete Jewish Bible (CJB); it too uses “trusting” here where most other translations use “faith”.<\/p>\n

My experience has been that believing that God “can do” is usually easier than believing (trusting) that God “will do”, so I have to daily “Fight the good fight of trust<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

You see God places a premium on trust (faith) because –
\nby myself I can do nothing!! (Jn 15, esp v 4-5)*. This means I must focus my efforts on submission – I must daily submit to the Holy Spirit, but my level trust determines my level submission<\/strong>. And we know that my level of submission determines the quality of my walk with God – that translates to the quality of our Christian life.<\/p>\n

[Heb 11:6]\u00a0And without trusting, it is impossible to be well pleasing to God,
\nbecause whoever approaches him must trust that he does exist and that
\nhe becomes a Rewarder to those who seek him out<\/em>. (CJB)<\/p>\n

Therefore I must absolutely unconditionally TRUST God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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