How To Know If You Are Operating In Trust

4/1/2019

How can I know if I am operating in trust?
The Lord showed me that I should turn it around and look at it from the opposite direction. If I found myself wallowing in feelings of disappointment then I would know that I was not operating in Trust. That became my barometer.

Are you making it too hard?
The Lord began to show me that we make it much harder than it needs to be. We try to make trust an emotion. We struggle and strive to try to muster up feelings of trust, yet that is not true trust! Trust, just like faith, starts by simply making an irrevocable decision to believe God’s Word, then reclining in His arms and leaving the rest to Him.

Trust is a decision! It is not a feeling!
Trust is also a resolution that we activate when we say to God, from our hearts:

I don’t care what the situation looks like. I don’t care what my reasoning ability is dictating to me—I am just not going there! And I also don’t care if it looks as though You(God) didn’t come through. I don’t care what the world says. I don’t care what negative reports come down the pike. I don’t care what my emotions are dictating; I have made up my mind that from this day forth I am going to steadfastly trust what You have said. I will be obedient to do what You tell me to do; I will make Your Word my final authority; and then I will rest in You. And, when feelings of disappointment try to crowd in, I will make that my warning signal, and I will stop and renew my choice to trust in You. Then Lord, the rest is up to You.”

It is really as simple as that. You don’t have to “feel” anything! This has to be an act of your will, not of your emotions. It has to be something you do on purpose, based on the promises God has clearly made, rather than something you do only if you happen to feel like it at the moment.

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5 Comments

Mary link

1/22/2021 05:05:01 pm

I have PJR's book on trust and I have copied out a lot of the messages in it especially - "I don’t care what the situation looks like etc". I leave these messages in a prominent place so that I can read them regularly.

But today I woke up feeling depressed. I have been sick for several months with no sign of improvement and I'm finding it hard to pray today. But seeing PJR's message in my inbox has given me the lift I need.
Thank you, Peggy

PJR Ministries

1/25/2021 12:56:37 pm

Mary,

So very grateful to hear that the book on Those Who Trust the Lord Shall Not Be Disappointed has been a help to you. We agree with you for your healing according to Psalm 91, Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter 2:4.

Blessings to you!

Kimberly

1/23/2021 07:39:39 am

Hi my name is Kimberly I saw your post, just wanted to tell you I've been standing with God for a health issue and the complete healing for a while now God brought a book called The Simplicity of healing Cassandra Kennedy which helped me a lot and it can be very hard to keep standing I keep standing because God is faithful and we walk by faith and not by sight knowing that he's working and he's faithful to complete what he started I pray for grace and strength for you to keep standing with Him even if you see nothing, knowing that he loves you and that he's working

1/25/2021 01:31:31 pm

Hi Kimberly,
We encourage anyone standing for a healing to hop over to our audio section of this website and listen in to the 3-Part Healing Series. I believe this series will bring encouragement to keep standing for complete healing. Praying for you.

PJR Ministries Team

1/25/2021 04:45:03 pm

Thank you for your comments and prayers, Kimberly. I will check out the book "The Simplicity of Healing by Cassandra Kennedy".
God Bless you
Mary