Monday through Friday I deal with different subjects in this blog. I also post my blog to my Facebook page at RFrederickRiddlesWorld. Monday’s I try to focus on issues. This week I am taking a look at State Motto, In God We Trust.
Part of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act (Florida) reads thus, “Each district school board shall adopt rules to require, in all the schools of the district and in each building used by the district school board, the display of the state motto, ‘In God We Trust,’ the designated under s. 15.0301, in a conspicuous place.”
According to the Sunday newspaper “the national and state motto, already featured on American currency, the state flag and even some Florida license plates, is now required by law to be displayed in all Florida schools.”
This article went on to tell about the history of the law and how schools are implementing it. But, aside from a Florida law, how are we to implement the truth it represents in ourselves?
Are We Trusting God?
It is one thing to say In God I Trust but it is altogether different to actually practice it. The truth is we often fail to trust God. It is a failure not just in big things, but in the little things as well. We want to trust Him but we don’t. We know it isn’t His fault that we lack trust although we often point the finger at Him. There’s a lot involved in trusting God.
In What Do We Trust God?
There is a public affirmation and a private affirmation. The state law deals with the public affirmation. It is a good law that needed to be done. And it is just about all the state can do, but what about us?
The problem is that in our private lives we don’t always measure up. Some people will declare the motto publicly, but without any personal (private) commitment or follow through. Trusting God can’t be legislated and this law has wisely refrained from that. It requires the public display of the state motto and nothing more. But we as a people need to take it much further and make it a part of our personal makeup. True revival only comes when we place our whole trust in God.
Trusting God is belief in God and in what He’s said. In some languages there is no word for believe. The closest we can come in conveying belief in that language is to say something like, “put your whole weight upon Jesus.” That is what trust is about, placing our full weight upon Him.
How Do We Trust God?
There is no formal routine to follow or formula to apply. Trusting God is different from one person to another. Let’s pretend there are 10 billion people in the world. I would say then that there are 10 billion ways of trusting. Each person is unique. And not only because of the number of people, but you can also through in the number of issues upon which we need to trust him. Now you’re talking about billions, maybe trillions of ways.
For example, I may be trusting God to provide for my next meal, but someone else may be trusting God to use them to bless others. If He so chooses He can use the one to respond to the trusting need of the former. In the end, trusting God is both personal and constant. Simply starting your day by saying I trust in God is a good start, but we need to reaffirm that throughout the day. We all have needs and wants, but we need to trust God’s daily provision that He knows what is best for us!
The Result of Trusting God
There are two places where the results of trusting God are manifested. The first is in our earthly lives, whether daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. We’ll see the fruit of trusting God or not trusting God right here in our lives as they are lived out on Earth. That is very important. And the truth is that God wants to bless us.
But the more important place is in heaven. Someday in heaven all the saved throughout time and throughout the world will stand before the Lord. And He will reward us according to our works, including how we lived our lives. He will reward us with Crowns and blessings.
What crowns will I receive? I don’t know. While the crowns I’ll receive are all important the most important thing is what I’ll do with them. Read what the Bible says in Revelation 4:10: “The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne.”
If you believe as I do that these elders represent us then we’ll cast our thrones before Jesus!
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R Frederick Riddle is the author of several books and is best known for Christian Historical Fiction. For more information on him or his books visit his Amazon Authors Page. He is also co-founder and Vice President of T&R Independent Books where his books are featured. To reply to any blog you have the option of commenting on a blog and/or sending an email to marketing@tr-indbkstore.com. You may also be interested in his Facebook page at RFrederickRiddlesWorld.