STRONG & TRUST

     They say that the foundation of any relationship is their trust to each other. Have you ever asked yourself how is it with your relationship with God?

    The cornerstone of any strong relationship is trust. The dictionary defines "trust" as "to have confidence or faith in" or as "the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others."


     Trust requires time to build and it comes through various tests of confidence. It's doing what you say you're going to do, in the time and way promised. Another way to build trust is by helping propel others forward in life while maintaining their confidences and also protecting their back. All the other building blocks are meaningless without the placement of trust in the relationship foundation.


    Trust requires some level of intimate contact with another. It's personal. However, sometimes in order to get to the personal, you have to start with less intimate contact and progress towards the personal.


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Here is a summary of the preaching in the church last January 23, 2011 talking about being STRONG. Just want to share it.


     We need to be STRONG always.


     Standing STRONG means you are full of unfolding promises of God and you have able to stand strong in the midst of obstacles.
   
     It is said in: JOSHUA 10:12-14 (NIV)
                              12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the
                              LORD in the presence of Israel:
                                  "Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
                                  and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."
                              13 So the sun stood still,
                                   and the moon stopped,
                                   till the nation avenged itself on (a) its enemies,
                                   as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
                                   The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a
                              full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the
                              LORD listened to a human being. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!


     There are different obstacles and oppositions that happened in the book of Joshua that tells us about having faith and being strong in the midst of problem, having that faith and promise of God. The first one is CROSSING THE JORDAN RIVER Joshua 3-4 (NIV). And let us remember that when there's an obstacle, let God be ahead of you and just follow His way. The next one is the JERICHO WALL Joshua 5-6 (NIV). God tells the people of Israelites to put up their knives and circumcise their selves. Circumcision during that time meaning that you have a covenant with God or you are called covenant people. The third one is AI Joshua 7-8 (NIV). The Israelites lost because they didn't stand firm on their faith. Remember that even a small compromise or sin can take away the promise of God. And repentance is a LIFETIME not a ONE TIME event. The last one is GIBEONITES Joshua 9 (NIV). Remember that if we make mistakes and we turn to God and that mistakes can be turn to miracle by God.


Remember this:


Joshua 10:14 (NIV)
     There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened
     to a human being. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!


REFLECTION:


       The Lord will help us and fight on our battle but who's side are we in?
      There's a limit drawn between God and man that God is immovable,
      unchangeable and He will neither take our side nor the enemy's. But it
      depends on whose side are we on. Let it be on God's side.