Trust and Obey

               “For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living” (Psalm116:8-9 ESV).

  It is a simple little phrase.  It is not complicated or difficult to understand but it is critical and vital to the daily interactive refreshing and renewing encounters we have with our Lord in the everlasting relationship we have as followers of Jesus Christ. We remember the past by reflecting on the watchful care of the Lord in protecting and providing for us.  We remember His Word as we hold it in assurance in dealing with troubles, despair and difficulties.  We simply trust and obey.  It is that simple.  We can trust everything about our Lord … every word, every promise and every hope.  It is from a thankful heart that we rest and rejoice in the Lord.  For He is gracious, righteous and merciful and holds us securely as our Father, even when we cannot understand.  Trust and obey.  Is there any other way to live?

When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there's no other way

To be happy with Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,

But our toil He doth richly repay;

Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,

But is blessed if we trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there's no other way

To be happy with Jesus, but to trust and obey.

But we never can prove the delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there's no other way

To be happy with Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet.

Or we'll walk by His side in the way.

What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;

Never fear, only trust and obey.  John H. Sammis

“Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And Behold I am with you always, to the end of the age” ( Matthew 28:20 ESV).

Daily Reading Psalm 116 & Matthew 28