When someone says, “trust me” we can only truly give them our trust if we have history or an experience with them that would indicate they are a person of their word and are not out to get us. To trust is to have reliance on and confidence in a person. Trust is a major theme in the Bible. Often times, when the NIV uses the word “faith”, the CJB translates that word as “trust”. Faith and trust are very much similar, but also kind of different. Faith can seem a bit elusive, while trust is a pretty concrete, actionable choice. Trust can be used as a verb, whereas “faithing” doesn’t seem to be a word. Trust says: “I don’t know how and I don’t know when, but because YOU said it God, I believe it will all happen just as you’ve promised.” Trust takes mental toughness— it means we don’t give up and hang our heads, but rather we look forward and fix our eyes on the God for whom nothing is impossible.
