“Just trust me.”
We’ve all heard those words before, and many of us know the pain that follows broken trust. Trust is more than just a feeling; it’s a commitment where your heart and head must be aligned. It’s bigger than ethics or honesty. It’s about motive, understanding, ability, character, and more. Words are fragile, and trust can be easily shattered.
In this series, Trust Issues, we dive deep into understanding the essence of trust, why we struggle with it, and how we can repair it when it’s broken. We’ll navigate the complexities of trust and learn how to rebuild and strengthen this vital component of our relationships.
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Trust Issues - week 1
We have all been burned by trust issues…
Trust is necessary to thrive in life, according to God’s design.
Trust me = mandates another question = ARE YOU SAFE? Will you watch out for me, and will I get hurt…
All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. “He trusts in the LORD,” they say, “let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.” Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. —NIV Psalm 22:7–10
Family of origin influences our ability to trust clear into adulthood… every relationship
Triggers and Springboards.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! —NLT 2 Corinthians 5:17
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. —NLT Romans 12:2
Trust is earned and compounds.
THREE basic building blocks of Trust for every relationship:
1. Understanding
To answer before listening— that is folly and shame. —NIV Proverbs 18:13
2. Motive
Answers the question… are they for my good… do they truly want what’s best for me?
Every relationship has a “Trust – Betrayal” zone…
Love is greater than rules
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” —NIV Matthew 22:37–40
True love has the motive and intent to:
a. Do no harm
b. Looking out for the good of the other person
3. Ability
Understanding and motive MUST be supported by ability.
Someone can be a wonderful, capable person… a Christian… and also be someone I would never trust… in specific ways…
Matthew 25… master and three servants… speaks to the compounding nature of Trust.
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ —NIV Matthew 25:23
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