10 Reasons to Trust God in Uncertain Times
Spring rain serenades us through the open window—singing a sweeter song than the frozen whisper of the winter we just endured. Looking back at what we’ve learned over the past few months, I’m reminded that God is just as trustworthy in the dark winters as in the hope-filled springtimes. Today, I’m sharing 10 reasons to trust God, including some lessons gleaned from our darkest winters.
10 Reasons to Trust God
Maybe you need to be reminded of God’s faithfulness in your own dark season.
If so, I invite you to slowly read through these biblical reasons why God is worthy of your trust. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you draw near to God in uncertain times.
10 Reasons to Trust God in Uncertain Times
1. God is faithful to provide for our needs.
When God permits challenges, we can trust that he will equip us to face them in his strength.
Second Corinthians 9:8 reads, “And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that, always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed” (NASB).
This verse reminds us that God will grant us all the grace we need to follow the callings he places in front of us.
Are you facing an obstacle that feels insurmountable? Cling to the promise that God will supply all you need to face this challenge. Furthermore, he will never leave you alone. This leads to our next point.
2. God will never leave your side.
We can also trust God because he promises never to leave us.
Hebrews 13:5 reads, “He Himself has said, ‘I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you.’”
Are you walking into a troubling situation today? God goes with you into the difficult circumstances in your workplace. He is with you when your life at home is challenging. He goes with you to the hospital, the cemetery, and the school building where your child is struggling.
Your loving Father will never leave your side. Even when you can’t sense his presence with you, he is near. He goes before you and behind you. There is no place your foot will tread that God has not already been, and he has your back.
3. God can turn around any situation and use it for your good and his glory.
Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave, and God used the evil act to later save Joseph’s entire family from starvation. God hears our prayers and can use even the most horrific losses for good.
Romans 8:28 reminds us, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Does a situation in your life feel too broken to be used by God? Don’t lose hope. Nothing is so far lost that God cannot redeem it.
4. God is always for you.
Do you need the reminder that you are not alone—that someone is standing in your corner and has your back?
At times, we all feel alone and overlooked. Meanwhile, God never takes his eyes off of his children.
God loves you, and he is for you. We find this promise in Romans 8:31: “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?”
5. God never changes.
Malachi 3:6 reads, “I, the Lord, do not change.”
In a world of constant change, we can find peace in the fact that God never changes. His character is always the same. He is always trustworthy, loving, and good.
No matter what happens in your life, God is with you, and he hasn’t changed.
Everything about your life might feel like it’s been stripped away or turned upside down. Cling to the one constant: Your God will never change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
6. Everything God does is done in love.
God is the embodiment of love.
1 John 4:8 reads, “The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
Perhaps the most powerful of these 10 reasons to trust God is that God is always loving. His ways are not our ways, but he always acts in love. This can be difficult to trust when we don’t understand what he is doing. Yet if we cling to this promise, it can carry us through the most challenging circumstances.
7. God’s plans for you are good and full of hope.
God spoke these words to his people when they were captives in the foreign land of Babylon: “For I know the plans that I have for you, plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).
These words are true for his children today as well.
God’s plans for you are good. Your future is full of goodness and hope. Trust that you will see God’s goodness in the future even if your current circumstances are difficult.
8. God wants to direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 offers the following directive:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
God is inviting you to place your trust in him. When you do—relying on him instead of trying to make sense of your circumstances—he will direct your life. This is a promise you can count on.
9. When you make God your delight, he gives you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 reads, “Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
You can trust God because when you make him your great delight in life, he will grant you the desires of your heart. This happens as he changes your heart to look more like his heart, aligning your longings with his longings.
10. God is always faithful.
Even when we are faithless, God remains faithful.
Second Thessalonians 3:3 reads, “But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.”
We can trust God because he is faithful to provide us with everything we need to live victorious lives.
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I’m thankful that the darkness of winter is behind us. No matter what we face in the season to come, I’m claiming these ten reasons to trust God and believe that he will carry me.
Calling All Parents (and Grandparents)!
As the parent of two sons and a daughter, I have a heart for helping parents develop deeper relationships with their children and with God. Our kids, ages 6, 11, and 15, share this vision. They have helped me write three family devotionals for parents or older relatives to read with the children and teens they love. You can find all three books here or read more below.
Calling All Boy Moms (and Dads)!
God’s Warrior: Devotions for Boys Who Want to Grow in Courage and Strength helps young boys, ages 5-13, learn what it means to trust God and become strong warriors for his kingdom. Now, more than ever, our world needs men who are willing to boldly carry God’s love into the world. I wrote this boys’ devotional book with our two young sons, Aiden and Caleb, ages six and eleven! You’ll enjoy their honesty as we teach boys how to be strong warriors for the Lord. Find this life-changing devotional book here.
Mother-Daughter Devotionals by a Mom and Daughter
Girl to Girl: 60 Mother-Daughter Devotions for a Closer Relationship and Deeper Faith is written for girls ages 7-12. It includes 60 devotions with Scripture, conversation starters, and a shared journaling section for moms and daughters after each devotion. I wrote this book with the help of our daughter, Bekah, when she was eleven. Find this one-of-a-kind shared devotional here.
Heart to Heart: A Mother-Daughter Devotional With 50 Devotions for Teen Girls is for teenage girls ages 13-20. It includes 50 devotions, each with a shared journaling section to help moms and daughters connect through writing. This is a great book for moms who want to communicate about awkward topics—like dating, sexuality, peer pressure, and more—but don’t know where to start. Bekah and I will help you right here.
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