Trust in God: Letting Go and Letting Him Lead
- Its The Love of God Blog Site
- Jul 7
- 3 min read
What does it truly mean to trust God?
We often hear this phrase echoed in sermons, devotionals, and conversations of faith—“Trust in the Lord.” But have we ever paused long enough to ask ourselves, what does that really look like in our everyday lives? What does it mean to actually trust God?
I’ve come to realize that “trust” is a much bigger word than we give it credit for. Trust means letting go of our perceived right to be in control. It means surrendering our right to know every detail, to see the outcome, to hold the pen as the author of our own story—and instead placing all of that in the hands of the One who already knows the end from the beginning.
That’s not easy. In fact, it goes against everything our flesh is wired to do. We like certainty. We crave security. And we are naturally inclined to try and fix things ourselves.
But God invites us into something deeper. Something harder. Something holier.
The Pain of Broken Trust
For many of us, the idea of trusting anyone—let alone God—can be daunting. We’ve lived through betrayal. We’ve watched promises get broken, sometimes by the people closest to us: family, friends, even spiritual leaders. Some people never even made an effort to keep their word, leaving us scarred and guarded.
Over time, these experiences shape us. We build walls. We tell ourselves that trusting others is naive. We start to believe that we’re the only ones we can depend on.
But here’s the thing—God’s Word actually warns us about putting our trust in man. Jeremiah 17:5 says, “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.” Why? Because God knows human nature. He knows that people, even with the best intentions, are capable of failure. We are fallible. We’re limited. But He is not.
And that’s why Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
God doesn’t just ask for part of our trust. He asks for all of it.
Why Trust God?
Because He is trustworthy.
Trust isn’t just something God does—it’s who He is. He is faithful. He is loyal. He is constant. He does not lie. He does not fail. He does not forget His promises. The very nature of God is reliability. Scripture says in Numbers 23:19, “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?”
We fail. People fail. But God never fails.
He cannot fail, because failure is not in His character.
Trust Doesn’t Always Look Like What We Expect
Now, here’s an important truth we must come to terms with: Trusting God does not mean things will go the way we want. It doesn’t mean the door will open just because we knocked. It doesn’t mean the healing will come when we asked for it, or the marriage will be restored how we envisioned, or the opportunity will arrive on our timeline.
Trust means saying, “God, even if You don’t do it my way, I still believe You’re good. I still believe You know best. I still believe Your way is higher than mine.”
It’s about surrender. Letting God write the script. It’s about laying our lives down at His feet and saying, “Have Your way, Lord.”
That’s the essence of trust.
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