[Steve Myers] To be a person of principle, we have to set our mind, no matter what, to do certain things. We talked last time about, I think, the most important, is to obey God no matter what. I remember seeing a billboard one time that really struck me on this very point. The billboard said, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” And in a sense, that’s it. We have to have a settled mind, that we’re going to obey God no matter what life’s circumstances bring.

Now, another way that we can be a person of principle is also, I think, a critical aspect to this topic. And that involves trust – that we have to trust God no matter what.

In the Psalms it points to this over and over and over again. When you read through the story of David as he’s running around in the wilderness and his life is at risk, he comes to that conclusion so many times throughout the songs that he wrote. And in Psalm 112, he talks about that very thing. In verse 4 he says, “Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteousness.” And so we see that God is good. We have a great God. He also goes onto say, “Surely a good man,” verse 6, “will never be shaken; the righteous will be in everlasting remembrance; he will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established.” (Psalm 112:4-8)

Now, sometimes we know those things, and yet to actually put them into practice can be such a challenge, because maybe we think, “I don’t know if I can have that kind of faith”. It seems such a challenge to have that kind of confidence in God, especially in those difficult times. And maybe sometimes we forget some of the examples that God uses when it comes to the trust and the kind of faith that we need. Because trust is certainly intricately involved with faith and the confidence that we’re to have in Him. And so I’m always amazed that oftentimes Jesus pointed to some of the most simple things to help us to understand the kind of faith and trust we should have.

I’m reminded of how Jesus took up the little children in His arms and He said we should have a mindset like those little children. Become like little children, and we can enter the kingdom of God. And so, how much faith does it take, how much trust does it take? Well, Christ also compared the kind of faith to just a little mustard seed. He didn’t say we needed a mountain of faith to move a mustard seed. He said with a mustard seed of faith, we could move a mountain. And so, we can have that kind of trust. We can have that kind of confidence in Him, and that should help guide our life to be that person of principle.

In fact, He says very clearly in Isaiah 26:3 – if we look over there, it says, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts You. Trust in the Lord for forever, for in Yah, the Lord is everlasting strength” (Isaiah 26:3-4).We know we can’t do it all. But God can. We can trust Him. We can look at those promises that He’s given, and we know without a doubt He will do it, because He’s promised it. God will promise what He says. He is so faithful – He is faithful beyond any circumstance that we can face. And as we understand God, we don’t have to have the barriers that would separate us from Him when we trust in Him. So no matter the circumstance, let’s never forget this no matter what. Trust God. No matter what.

That’s BT Daily. We’ll see you next time.