Growing Up Christian #9: Banking on God

Chapter 9 of Growing Up Christian could be danger #8 that church kids face: the danger of trusting in ourselves and others instead of trusting in God.

Jerry Bridges: “Another pitfall we need to watch for is the tendency to trust in God’s instruments of provision rather than God Himself. In the usual course of events in our lives, God provides for our needs though human means rather than directly…But these human instruments are ultimately under the controlling hand of God. They succeed or prosper only to the extent God prospers them. We must be careful to look beyond the means and human instrumentalities to the God who uses them.”

This chapter is a passionate call to trust God in the midst of life’s ups and downs. God is trustworthy and He should be trusted.

A God we can trust:
1. He is perfectly wise and all-powerful.
2. His love never fails.
3. He is completely in control of everything.
4. He never changes.

Our Response:
1. We need to trust God instead of ourselves.
2. We need to trust God and do our part.
3. We need to trust God in trials.
4. We need to trust God for the future.

This chapter contains very helpful evaluation questions to help us think about how we can trust God on a daily basis.

5 Tips for Trusting God:
1. Pray for faith and greater trust.
2. Study Scripture to learn how trustworthy God is.
3. Study Scripture to learn how weak you are.
4. Talk with Christians who have endured significant trials.5. Read books about trusting God.