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#2.
Seven results of a trust that clings.
p. 13
Having seen something of the scriptural meaning of the seven O.T. words translated
"trust", we now consider a few relative outstanding passages, and note the bearing of the
context upon the varied ways in which trust may be exercised.
Confining ourselves first to the one conception of trust which we saw was illustrated
by the clinging of the melon by its tendrils, we observe the following conditions which
Scripture associates with it:
(1)
BLESSING.--"Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust" (Psa. 40: 4).
(2)
HOPE.--"Thou art my hope, O Lord God; thou art my trust from my youth"
(Psa. 71: 5).
(3)
PRE-EMINENT PIETY.--"He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him
was none like him among all the Kings of Judah, nor any before him"
(II Kings 18: 5).
(4)
ANSWERED PRAYER.--"They cried to God in the battle, and He was intreated
of them; because they put their trust in Him" (I Chron. 5: 20).
(5)
REMOVAL OF FEAR.--"What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee" (Psa. 56: 3,
4, 11).
(6)
HEART FIXED.--"His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord" (Psa. 112: 7).
(7)
RIGHTLY DIVIDED PATH.--"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct thy paths" (Prov. 3: 5, 6).
Here are seven selected passages revealing seven most important adjuncts, or
associations, of this trust that "clings" to God and His Word.
In the same manner as the seven different conceptions of trust were placed before the
reader in the opening article, so this list is placed before him in order that he may see the
field of experience covered, perceive the all-round fitness to this reliance upon the Lord,
and be moved to emulate those who, in other days, have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
But before giving any further subdivisions of these seven all-covering words, we must
devote at least one article to each of the seven passages selected in the present article.
We look forward to ministering to the reader's Blessing, strengthening his Hope,
encouraging him in his growth in grace and Godliness, assuring him of Answered Prayer,
establishing his Heart, and, in the matter of practical guidance, indicating the conditions
that lead to a pathway Rightly Divided. While there are many other phases of spiritual
experience embedded in the hundred or more passages which use "trust" in the sense of
"clinging", we believe most will be covered by the seven selected above.