"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
Romans 15:13 (NIV)
This verses teaches that the benefit of trusting God is being filled with joy and peace, which causes us to overflow with hope.
It has been well said that the entire message of the Bible can be summed up as “Trust God”. If Eve had only trusted that God’s intentions were good (Gen. 3), she would have laughed at Satan! If Moses had only trusted God (Num. 20:12), he would have been able to set foot in the promised land! Our Lord Jesus set Himself apart from all other humans because He trusted in God (Heb. 2:13).
But what about us - do we trust God this day?
Trusting in God - in His provision for our sin and in His Holy Word, is a dominant theme of the Psalms, and David especially recorded fighting the spiritual battles of trust versus fear, trust versus anxiety, trust versus doubts. Am I filled with joy and peace today? Do I overflow with hope in my situation? If the answer is YES, then praise God for I trust in Him. If the answer is a flat NO, then friend decide right now to fight the spiritual battle that David records for us in Psalm 55. If the answer is PARTIALLY, then friend, consider this: do you want partial Peace? Partial Joy? Partial Hope? I don’t want partial peace and joy and hope, I want to be filled to overflowing with Joy and Peace and Hope in every area and every situation of my life. I want to TRUST God!
