{"id":890,"date":"2010-10-29T07:34:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T14:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2024-08-18T07:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:06:05","slug":"trust-in-god-not-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/trust-in-god-not-the-world","title":{"rendered":"Trust in God, not the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few years I\u2019ve been mentally compiling some verses that speak to me about trusting in God, not the world for the things I need, for love, or for affirmation of who I am or what my value is.  If you put any hope in the world you\u2019re just setting yourself up for disappointment, discontent, and unneeded stress.  I occasionally go back to these verses to find peace in God\u2019s truth and remind myself to not get caught up in the rat race of the world.  So I decided it was a good time to formalize this list.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 6<\/h4>\n

Do Not Worry<\/h5>\n

 25<\/sup><\/strong>“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26<\/sup><\/strong>Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27<\/sup><\/strong>Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b<\/a><\/sup>]<\/sup>?<\/p>\n

 28<\/sup><\/strong>“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29<\/sup><\/strong>Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30<\/sup><\/strong>If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31<\/sup><\/strong>So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32<\/sup><\/strong>For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33<\/sup><\/strong>But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34<\/sup><\/strong>Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<\/p>\n

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Philippians 4:4-7<\/h4>\n

 4<\/sup>Rejoice in the Lord always<\/strong>. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5<\/sup>Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6<\/sup>Do not be anxious about anything<\/strong>, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving<\/strong>, present your requests to God. 7<\/sup>And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

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1 Peter 5:5-7<\/h4>\n

 5<\/sup>Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
\n   “God opposes the proud
\n      but gives grace to the humble.”[a<\/a>]<\/sup> 6<\/sup>Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7<\/sup>Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isaiah 26<\/h4>\n

 3<\/sup> You [God] will keep in perfect peace
\n       him whose mind is steadfast<\/strong>,
\n       because he trusts<\/strong> in you.<\/p>\n

(Nate\u2019s translation: If I keep my mind focused on God and trust in him, God will keep me in perfect peace.)<\/p>\n

1 Thessalonians 4<\/h4>\n

11<\/sup>Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12<\/sup>so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
\n(Nate\u2019s translation: Don\u2019t be concerned about the rewards you or others receive.  Instead, work diligently and others will recognize you, and eventually you will be successful.)<\/p>\n

1 John 2<\/h4>\n

15<\/sup>Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16<\/sup>For everything in the world\u2014the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the<\/strong> boasting of what he has and does<\/strong>\u2014comes not from the Father but from the world.<\/p>\n

Matthew 16<\/h4>\n

26<\/sup>What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 27<\/sup>For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT)<\/h4>\n

What makes you better than anyone else?  What do you have that God hasn\u2019t given you?  And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jeremiah 9<\/h4>\n

23<\/sup> This is what the LORD says:
\n       “Let not<\/strong> the wise man boast of<\/strong> his wisdom<\/strong>
\n       or the strong man boast of his strength<\/strong>
\n       or the rich man boast of his riches<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

 24<\/sup> but let him who boasts boast about this:
\n       that he understands and knows me<\/strong>,
\n       that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness<\/strong>,
\n       justice<\/strong> and righteousness<\/strong> on earth,
\n       for in these I delight,”
\n       declares the LORD.<\/p>\n

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Romans 8<\/h4>\n

 28<\/sup>And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him<\/strong>,[j<\/a>]<\/sup> who[k<\/a>]<\/sup> have been called according to his purpose.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 20<\/h4>\n

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard<\/h5>\n

 1<\/sup>“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2<\/sup>He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.<\/p>\n

 3<\/sup>“About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4<\/sup>He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5<\/sup>So they went.<\/p>\n

   “He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6<\/sup>About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’<\/p>\n

 7<\/sup>” ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
\n      “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’<\/p>\n

 8<\/sup>“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’<\/p>\n

 9<\/sup>“The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10<\/sup>So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11<\/sup>When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12<\/sup>‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

 13<\/sup>“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. <\/strong>Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?<\/strong> 14<\/sup>Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15<\/sup>Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’<\/strong><\/p>\n

 16<\/sup>“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last few years I\u2019ve been mentally compiling some verses that speak to me about trusting in God, not the world for the things I need, for love, or for affirmation of who I am or what my value is.  If you put any hope in the world you\u2019re just setting yourself up for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[4133,1049,4132],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","tag-heavenly-wisdom","tag-trust","tag-trust-god","wpcat-9-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p504YJ-em","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5669,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/dont-worry-be-happy","url_meta":{"origin":890,"position":0},"title":"Don’t Worry, Be Happy","author":"Becca","date":"January 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Who knew that was a command of Jesus? . . . 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