Trust the Creator
Mary Wilder Tileston encourages listeners to trust God with everything, knowing that He will work everything out for their good.
Mary Wilder Tileston, through the words of Hannah Whitall Smith, emphasizes the importance of trusting God completely in all aspects of our lives. Just as God upholds the suns and worlds, He also upholds us with His mighty hand, directing our times and ways. We are encouraged to trust God not only in small matters but in everything, knowing that His power exceeds all our expectations and that His will is always for our good.
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I have made the earth, and created man upon it; I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways.
ISAIAH 45:12,13
HE who suns and worlds upholdeth
Lends us His upholding hand;
He the ages who unfoldeth
Doth our times and ways command.
God is for us;
In His strength and stay we stand.
THOMAS H. GILL
YOU have trusted Him in a few things, and He has not failed you. Trust Him now for everything, and see if He does not do for you exceeding abundantly above all that you could ever have asked or thought, not according to your power or capacity, but according to His own mighty power, that will work in you all the good pleasure of His most blessed will. You find no difficulty in trusting the Lord with the management of the universe and all the outward creation, and can your case be any more complex or difficult than these, that you need to be anxious or troubled about His management of it?
HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
Sermon Outline
- God's Sovereignty and Power
- Trust in God's Ability
- Trust in God's Wisdom
- God's management of the universe
- God's management of our lives
Key Quotes
“YOU have trusted Him in a few things, and He has not failed you.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Trust Him now for everything, and see if He does not do for you exceeding abundantly above all that you could ever have asked or thought,” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Take a step of faith and trust God with everything, knowing that He will work everything out for your good.
- Reflect on God's management of the universe and His ability to work everything out for our good, and see if that doesn't give you confidence to trust Him.
- Trust God with the management of your life, knowing that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all you could ask or think.