by Pastor Daniel

In 1987, Gary Richmond published a book entitled “A View from the Zoo.” Illustrations from the animal world fill the pages with  Audemars Piguet Replica spiritual truths. The birth of a giraffe gives insight to life's trials and hardships. When a calf is born, he falls ten feet and lands on his back. The mother momentarily hovers over the newborn before kicking the baby head over heels. If the calf doesn't get up, he gets another good kick. She repeats this process to stimulate his efforts. Finally, when the little giraffe gets up on his wobbly legs, the mother kicks him off his feet again. To an outsider such behavior seems cruel. To the mother it is an expression of love. This first lesson in life helps the newborn quickly develop the skills needed to move rapidly with the herd when predators are near.
 
Trials and troubles are very much part and parcel of our lives.  We don’t like them.  We would do all to avoid them.  We try many medications and exercise to wad them off but they come.  Sometimes they come in small amount while other times, they come in a bout that we do not expect.  We are either left with questions unanswered, emotions unable to unravel, spirituality sometimes in question and the great fear - will I last through them all.
 
What do I do?  Why do I place my trust in God Hublot Replica UK ?
 
All through scriptures, we are exhorted to put our trust in God.  Why?  This is because we have always a faithful and Almighty God.
 
My Theology on Trust
Psalm 91 is one psalm that establishes us in our trust in God.  Verses 1-2, forms the very theology of one’s faith in God
 
The book of Numbers is the record of the wanderings of the children of Israel in the wilderness for 40 years, so the fourth book of Psalms, covering Psalms 90 through 106, reflects the up and down wilderness experience of a believer.
 
Psalm 91describes the delight of one who has turned to the Lord and dwells in the secret shelter of the Most High. When the believer walks closely with his God, even in the wilderness, his heart is kept strong and confident, but when he wanders away, trusting in his own resources, he feels estranged from God and suffers under a sense of guilt and condemnation.  That is really the whole thrust of this psalm.
 
That is why he concludes by saying, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”  Is this the theology I embrace as a child of God.
 
I received a message just a few days ago, asking me the question, “What would happen to a Christian if he commits suicide, will he go to heaven?”  Before I venture to answer that question, I reply by asking, “Why such a question, what are you thinking?”  I did not really answer the question because that is what he was thinking.  Thus I help him to turn to God instead of finding an answer to that question.  Would there be trials or difficulties that are not “overcome-able”?
 
My Trust in God’s Faithfulness
The rest of the psalm tells us that God is trustworthy.  He has the ability and the willingness to come to our aid.
 
“He will deliver you ... He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his FAITHFULNESS is a shield and a buckler.”  (Ps 91:3-4)
 
I believe with the right theology, we will learn to see how and why we could trust God.  Moses wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, with all kinds of trials as he led the people of Israel.  In all the 40 years, one could have ended frustrated and suicide would not have been far from one’s thought.
 
Yet through it all, he made this conclusion that God is his refuge and fortress in whom he will trust.  Clinging on to God and his faithfulness, became his shield and his buckler.
 
CONCLUSION
Trials are inevitable but trusting in God is our only inevitable option.  Will we?  As we celebrate 8 years of God’s faithfulness in FCC, I believe we can cling on to this theology and put our trust in God for all that lies ahead.  As a disciple of Jesus Christ, may we not waver in our trust in God.  May we always be found faithful!