Results of Trusting God

Text: Prov 16:20

  • Intro:
    • In this study, we’re going to talk about four results of trusting God.  
    • When you trust in the Lord:
  • You’ll be happy –
    • Prov 16:20, whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. 
    • You’re happy first from getting saved. 
    • Psa 144:15 says, happy is that people whose God is the Lord. 
    • And then you’ll be happy from trusting God each day for direction (Prov 3:5-6), for correction (Job 5:17), for wisdom (Prov 3:13), and even for suffering (1 Pet 3:14). 
    • This is the first of the results of trusting God.
  • You’ll be fat –
    • Prov 28:25, he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. 
    • You’ll be fat and happy. 
    • Fat is an expression of sufficiency. 
    • Psa 37:3 says, Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 
    •  In Isa 58:11, after fasting properly, the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.  
  • In the coming months and years, we may experience times of hunger and thirst like Paul did, 2 Cor 11:27. 
    • Nevertheless, spiritually we will be fat. 
    • Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled, Matt 5:6. 
    • When you believe on Jesus, the bread of life, you never hunger and thirst, John 6:35. 
    • When you believe on Jesus, you drink living water and you never thirst, John 4:14. 
    • Instead, “out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water”, John  7:38. 
  • You’ll be safe –
    • Prov 29:25, whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. 
    •  Psa 115:11 …trust in the Lord, he is their help and their shield. 
    • These times in which we live are getting worse. 
    • How vital it is for us to know that we can trust the Lord to keep us safe.
  • For instance, our prayer for the servants of God who have remained in Ukraine is that the Lord will keep them safe despite the bombings and attacks.
  • You’ll be blessed –
    • Jer 17:7, Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.  
    • Cursed is the man that trutsteth in man. 
    • It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, Psa 118:8, or than to put confidence in princes, Psa 118:9. 
    • Men will let you down, betray you, hurt you, disappoint you, frustrate you, and many times this happens just because they are trying to protect themselves.
  • In Jer 17:8, on the other hand, for the man that trusts in the Lord, his leaf is green in heat, and he’s not careful in drought. 
    • We covered this under “fat”, above. 
    • The verse goes on to say, “neither shall cease from yielding fruit”. 
    • Men who trust the Lord are fruitful in difficult seasons. 
    • They continue to bear the fruit of Spirit, the fruit of the word, and the fruit of souls led to the Lord Jesus Christ through their testimony and witness.
  • Conclusion:
    • These are four results of trusting God that we pray will encourage you to trust him or trust him more than you already do.