TRUST

 

                                                                  TRUST

What does trust mean to you? To me, trust means that one can rest assured that he or she can believe that you would do what you said you would do. What I mean by this is that your yes is yes and your no is no, and one can rest easy knowing that you are around and that you will honor your word.

For me, I love when people trust me with anything and everything including the good, the bad, and the ugly. Trust me with their secrets, pain, happy moments, and even the brutal moments of their lives. People who don’t know me always think that I have a very loose tongue, little they know that as soon as you tell me your secrets, I forget about it. So please tell me where would I find the time to start telling people what the person has told me in confidentiality? Your secret is safe with me.

I care so much about the level of trust people have in me, that is why I do everything humanly possible to make sure that I do not break people’s trust and dependence on me. My yes is yes and my no is no and trusts me when I say that you can go to bed and not lose sleep over me and this is not me blowing my own horn.

Now let us talk about trusting in God. What is your level of trust in God? Do you also know that trust also means faith? Yes, it is. How well do you trust Him? Can you hold God by His word? If you are ill can you give God an ultimatum on when you want that sickness to end? Whose report do you believe?

I sure can. Everything that has happened to me through the years, where I am today is as a result of my level of faith and trust in Him. This God is too faithful to fail, He honors His word more than His name and I make bold to say that I am a living testimony to that fact.

I wouldn’t want to bore you too much with my stories but I would like to share some instances of when God came through for me. He proved to me time and time and that solidified my faith and trust in him to the point that I only have to think about what I want God to do for me and watch him arrange people and events to bring it to pass.

During the time that I was preparing to write my jamb, I didn’t know how it was going to happen but I knew that I didn’t want to rewrite the jamb again so I told God to make it possible that I would have a good score and to the glory of God I did. When it came to the time to go to the university, I told God that I wanted to go to Covenant University and I also made it clear to my parents that it was either I went to Covenant University or I wouldn’t go to any other university at all. I want to bless the name of the Lord that He not only did it but He also provided my dad with the funds needed for me to school there.

Is it the fact that I graduated with a 2.1, B.a. English Language? He is just too faithful to fail His children. Before resuming at Covenant University, He gave me a word through a friend at that time which says “I will never leave you nor forsake you. Can a mother forget her suckling child? Even in the same way I will never leave you nor forsake you”. I held unto those words and I remember very clearly coming out of every examination that I took and running to our chapel, crying my eyes out, reminding God of His words to me and He kept His word. Even when it seemed that I was going to disappoint my dad who had sacrificed everything for me to school at Covenant University, God again proved to me that he heard my cry and I graduated with a good grade.

Is it being healed from a severe ulcer? It started in year 2 and lasted till year 4. Everything I took only made matters worse for me and I was in excruciating pain. I told God that I didn’t care how he was going to do it but I didn’t want to graduate with it and just before I graduated He healed me. He made sure that I lacked nothing and that everything went smoothly for me. I give God all the glory and praise.

Is it in Him healing me from a “lifelong” mental illness? To the glory of God, it started shortly after graduating from Covenant University. I was told that I would have to be on drugs and injection to stay sane forever but I refused to accept the doctor’s report and I once again told God that I didn’t want that to be my verdict and that he should heal me. I am glad to say that the last time I took injection and drugs was in March this year and I have never been better.

Right now, where I am today, God proved to me time and time again that he listens and understands me. He knew me even before I was born that is why He arranged people and events to mold me a strong lady.

Trust also applies in relationships and friendships. What kind of relationship are you in? And who are your friends? Can you vouch for them? How far are they willing to go to do what they said they would do? Do your friends trust you? Is your spouse trustworthy?

For me, before I consider being friends with anyone trust is key. I remember telling my boyfriend that for any relationship or friendship to work there had to trust that I could not be with him if he could no longer trust me which led to our breakup. Without trust whatever friendship/relationship you may have is meaningless. That was why I asked the questions above. Before even deciding to be intimate with your significant other, ask yourself do I trust this person? Do I see a future with this person? If the answer is no, then don’t do it. 

Trust also applies in your home and even your workplace. Who does your family members say you are? Can they depend on you? What have you done to earn their trust? In your workplace, do you stand by your word? One needs to ponder on these questions and begin to make the necessary changes.

I love the trinity of the God-head and I trust Him with all my heart. As you read this, ask yourself, how is your relationship with God? Do you believe without any reasonable doubt that if you tell Him what you want that He will do it? Do you trust Him? When I think of all that God has done for me, all I have to say is thank you, Lord.

I pray that this resonates with you all and may the peace and love of God remain with you always in Jesus' name, Amen.