Transcript of Sabbath Meeting - 04/23/99

Tonight I would like to talk about the importance of "Trusting in Yahweh"

Psalms 62:8 - Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: Elohim is a refuge for us. Selah.

The importance of trust cannot be underestimated.

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in YAHWEH with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Much of what can hinder trust revolves around what is perhaps the greatest enemy of trust, that is "Fear".

Psalms 112:5 - A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Psalms 112:6 - Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Psalms 112:7 - He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in YAHWEH.

or bad news

For we have Yahweh!!

And if we have Yahweh

Then we have everything we need

Fear of man, circumstances is related to a lack of faith

I believe that fear is in many ways equal to Atheism.

When we lack faith in Yahweh due to our fears, we do not believe that Yahweh exists and that His promises to deliver us are true.

This is dangerous ground.

However there is a good kind of fear and a bad kind of fear as Yahshua illustrates:

Matthew 10:28 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Fear or Reverent Awe of Yahweh is good, but fear of man is not!

Again, this is dangerous ground! Consider the example of King Saul:

1Samuel 15:18 - And YAHWEH sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

1Samuel 15:19 - Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of YAHWEH, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of YAHWEH?

1Samuel 15:20 - And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of YAHWEH, and have gone the way which YAHWEH sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

1Samuel 15:21 - But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto YAHWEH thy Elohim in Gilgal.

1Samuel 15:22 - And Samuel said, Hath YAHWEH as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of YAHWEH? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

1Samuel 15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of YAHWEH, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

1Samuel 15:24 - And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of YAHWEH, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

Proverbs 29:25 - The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in YAHWEH shall be safe.

Who was a righteous king...who trusted in Yahweh

Judah was surrounded by armies from 3 nations

But Jehoshaphat trusted in Yahweh

2Chronicles 20:20 - And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in YAHWEH your Elohim, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

2Chronicles 20:21 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto YAHWEH, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise YAHWEH; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2Chronicles 20:22 - And when they began to sing and to praise, YAHWEH set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

2Chronicles 20:23 - For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

2Chronicles 20:24 - And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

If Yahweh can do this to armies that fight against His people..can He not also deliver us? Trust in Yahweh!

They didn't fear man, they trusted in Yahweh

Jeremiah 17:5 - Thus saith YAHWEH; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from YAHWEH.

Jeremiah 17:6 - For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

Jeremiah 17:7 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in YAHWEH, and whose hope YAHWEH is.

Jeremiah 17:8 - For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jeremiah 17:10 - I YAHWEH search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

For those of you who have come to this meeting tonite seeking someone in whom you may trust, I invite you to seek Yahweh. Only He is worthy of our trust!

Yahweh wants to know, in whom will we trust?

Will we trust in ourselves?

Will we trust in our ability to seek knowledge?

Our own capabilities?

This is what the world teaches us..'you just have to believe in yourself'.

But Yahweh's word says:

Proverbs 28:26 - He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Some may even ridicule us, as they did Yahshua, who also experienced the testing of Yahweh in this:

Psalms 22:1 - My El, my El, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Psalms 22:2 - O my Elohim, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Psalms 22:3 - But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Psalms 22:4 - Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Psalms 22:5 - They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

We know where Yahshua is now...at the right hand of the Father.

He trusted in Yahweh!!!

In whom did David place his trust when fighting Goliath? In swords and armor?

1Samuel 17:38 - And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

1Samuel 17:39 - And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

1Samuel 17:40 - And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

1Samuel 17:41 - And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.

1Samuel 17:42 - And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

1Samuel 17:43 - And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by hiselohim.

1Samuel 17:44 - And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

1Samuel 17:45 - Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

We should not trust in the swords of men. We should commit our trust in the sword of Yahweh!

For if we can trust in Yahweh, we can also trust in His word:

Psalms 119:42 - So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

Job 13:15 - Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

When we read the news, or listen to the radio or even listen to sermons..we hear the words of man and must filter them in light of the truth.

But when we hear or read the words of Yahweh, we KNOW they are true!

What a blessing! We can have 100% confidence that Yahweh IS truth and His word IS truth:

John 17:17 - Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

This seems such a simple concept, but it is often difficult for us to obtain.

But even if we have failed Yahweh, we can trust that He is merciful! The psalmist had no choice but to trust in Yahweh's mercy

Psalms 13:4 - Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Psalms 13:5 - But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Yahweh's word declares He is merciful, it is up to us to believe in it!

Nahum 1:7 - YAHWEH is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

This lead to Yahweh not allowing them to inherit the promised land. Oh how important trust is!!

Let's look again at the scripture:

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in YAHWEH with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

There are times that we encounter situations that are BEYOND our understanding and try to explain their cause and effect.

For instance, a question often asked are "Why does Yahweh let babies be tortured and die?"

We can try to explain it, but in many ways we simply can't fully explain why.

Job was an excellent example. Yahweh called him 'a blameless and upright man'.

Yet fire from heaven destroyed all he had and he was afflicted with much pains. Job wanted to know, "WHY??"

Job 3:11 - Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Job 3:12 - Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

Job 3:13 - For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

He simply shows that His ways are so much higher than our ways that we simply can't comprehend all that takes place!

We can only see the past and present tense, we cannot see the future.

We can only see what is in our immediate locale, but Yahweh sees everything!

For Yahweh to explain all that goes on in His presence could be likened to trying to explain to an ant how a computer works!

Some things are just "beyond our understanding".

Psalms 131:1 - YAHWEH, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Psalms 131:2 - Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Psalms 131:4 -

Psalms 131:3 - Let Israel hope in YAHWEH from henceforth and for ever.

That is SO important!

If we place a requirement to understand FIRST, BEFORE we will trust..then we are doomed!!

But it's when we DO trust, that Yahweh often gives us the understanding!

Just because we don't understand something, it does not mean that Yahweh is not merciful or His word is not truth!

Proverbs 3:6 - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear YAHWEH, and depart from evil.

acknowledge Him, trust in Him

BELIEVE in Him, no matter what situation you are in..or how long

HalleluYah! Let's trust in the everlasting strength of Yahweh!

Isaiah 26:4 - Trust ye in YAHWEH for ever: for in YAH YAHWEH is everlasting strength:

Psalms 36:7 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O Elohim! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

1Timothy 6:17 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living Elohim, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Psalms 71:5 - For thou art my hope, O Sovereign YAHWEH: thou art my trust from my youth.

Psalms 9:10 - And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, YAHWEH, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

2Corinthians 9:10 - Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;

2Corinthians 1:9 - indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves in order that we should not trust in ourselves, but in YAHWEH who raises the dead;

2Corinthians 1:10 - who delivered us from so great a death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

Job 13:15 - Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Psalms 32:10 - Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in YAHWEH, mercy shall compass him about.

Psalms 37:40 - And YAHWEH shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Isaiah 26:3 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Psalms 5:11 - But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Proverbs 16:20 - He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in YAHWEH, happy is he.

Psalms 37:3 - Trust in YAHWEH, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psalms 37:4 - Delight thyself also in YAHWEH; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalms 125:1 - They that trust in YAHWEH shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

Psalms 125:2 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so YAHWEH is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

Then Trust in Yahweh, for there is nobody like Him and it is He that is truly worthy of our trust!!

Remember where Yahshua is.

Let be that in times of trouble, we will always focus on the Father...not on the troubles and trials!

Let it be that in gladness, sadness, sickness or in health..on good days, bad days, Sabbath days and Everyday, we will..

Trust

in

Yahweh!!

For then His rewards await us...May Yahweh bless you all!