Trust God Alone.

Relationship With God, Seeking God

Christ teaches, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8 KJV). This is a promise and it is true. However, this is not a promise to those who seek to promote, advance or preserve themselves. You may say, “Well, the verse isn’t true then”. You only say that because you do not understand the context. If you are only seeking to advance yourself out of greed or for personal gain only, then God is not going to just give you what you want. An example: “Lord, let me stand on stage so I can sing praises to you”. Sounds good, but you see, you are not fooling God because He knows in your heart you only want people to hear YOU and praise YOU for the wonderful job YOU do and not God. So, do not use this verse as a “I can get my candy and not share” type of promise. NO. This promise is for the pure in heart and the humble who seek things to help others, but most of all its for those who seek God’s glory and His will alone. Yes, God will provide for you, but if you go out and say, for example, ‘Give money or our ministry will fail”, then I say fail because your trust is not in God, but in man. You don’t have to beg for money. Trust in Christ and all things needed will be given to you and yes, that includes money given by others. Be broken before the Lord and keep nothing hidden. If there is selfish gain in your heart, ask Him to remove it. Trust in the Lord your God only because Christ also teaches us, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).

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Published by Larry D. O'Neal

I am a disciple of Christ who's focus is to be pleasing to my Father in heaven, serve my Lord Jesus Christ, and to serve others. I share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, uncompromised, not watered down, for I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.

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6 thoughts on “Trust God Alone.”

  1. followed soon thereafter by two of my favorite statements of Christ, “Blessed are the Meek” and “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Milton went over these verses in 2016 at Hewitt’s request. Might be about time to ask Brother Cole to give his take.

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      1. Charles H. Spurgeon wrote a book on the Beatudes, too. I read it around the time Milton went over the material at BIble study……. Also your writing keeps own impressing me lately. You’re doing really solid work! The only thing you could do different is put the words of Christ in italic or bold face font, and separate that from the body of the text. just press enter in the editor before the quote, write out the quote, and press enter again. just a suggestion though. The post was really, really good.

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      2. Thanks my man. That really does mean a lot coming from you. And also, I really appreciate your advice because I kind of tire of others just saying, “Good job” and thats the end of it. All the advice you have given me has been put into practice and I value your words, especially on writing on God’s word. Thanks big time cuzo. Love you man.

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