I struggled with trust. This was deeply rooted in the abandonment issues I faced as a child and the ways my guardians failed me. I carried that anger toward God. I developed trust issues with Him, and for a long time, I believed God could be good and wonderful for others — but not for me.
I felt that way because I never felt chosen or supported by my guardians, so I couldn’t trust God fully. In my mind, He was just another person who wouldn’t come through for me.
I was wrong.
I was blinded by pain and trauma.
But after healing and forgiving others, God opened my eyes — through visions, dreams, and conversations (yes, God speaks with a clear voice) — to see how He had always been there for me, from birth until now. His hand was always on my life, even when I felt life was being unfair to me
If you struggle with abandonment issues or have suffered rejection from your parents, family members, or peers, you’ve probably learned to rely heavily on yourself. You’ve even made an idol out of your own intelligence. This defence mechanism may have protected you to a certain degree, but when you’re walking with God, you have to submit yourself to His will.
This means total trust—what does it actually mean to trust God?
1. Trusting God Means Trusting His Judgement
This means you must forgive those who hurt you because God is the best judge.
People will attack you for no reason, but by holding a grudge, you build anger and resentment towards people who don’t even care.
More importantly, you cannot punish them the way God can, because He knows their heart.
Forgiveness frees you.
It breaks the poison.
It clears spiritual blockages.
I remember God showing me a vision. I was in a room, and I scanned my hand and face. It gave me my profile, my age, and the things I would do for God — and then it listed the age I would die. It said I would die of a heart disease.
I came out of the vision shocked. I told God, “This can’t be. A heart disease?”
I wanted to die old and peacefully. But God told me:
“This is what will kill you if you don’t learn to forgive.”
The bitterness, anger, and resentment would pile up and destroy me.
Out of His love, He warned me.
I cried.
I vented.
And God helped me forgive.
He promised He would handle the situation, but I needed to let go.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean becoming friends again. It means freeing your emotions from pain and resentment so you can move forward.
2. Trusting God Means Accepting His Guidance
Where God is leading you — even when it doesn’t look like it makes sense — you must trust Him and go.
Always vet decisions through prayer. Ask God for a sign.
You must pray for detachment, because sometimes God leads you one way, but your desires are pulling you in another. Then you convince yourself that God will follow you into that wrong direction.
No — God blesses His plan, not yours.
Whenever I get an opportunity, I pray:
“God, if this is from You, make a way. If not, close the door — and I will be fine.”
It took a lot to reach this point. That’s why patience is a character trait you must embody.
Ask God for confirmation:
dreams, visions, His Word.
God always gives a sign when He’s with you in something.
3. Trusting God Means Believing He Will Protect You
Some Christians misuse this truth to justify going places God clearly doesn’t support. God cannot be mocked. Don’t step somewhere His Spirit is not, then expect Him to show up anyway.
He is merciful — but He is also a God of judgement.
But when you’re His servant, God may show you prophetic visions or dreams that seem dangerous and scary — but you must not fear. If God is sending you, He will protect you.
This applies even to new responsibilities:
leading a team, writing a book, starting something new.
If God asked you to do it, He will do it with you.
You are never alone.
4. Trusting God Means Letting Go of Pride
I didn’t know I was prideful until God showed me.
I used to make my prayers all about me. My needs. My desires. My opinions.
God told me clearly:
“It’s not always about you.”
This humbled me.
It helped me stop taking things personally.
It helped me stop victimizing myself when bad things happened.
Sometimes God would tell me not to talk to certain people or not to do certain things — and I didn’t understand why. Later, He always revealed the truth, and I realized He was protecting me.
Even things that seemed “good,” like preaching to people, He discouraged me from doing because He knew those people were not fertile soil for His word.
God knows best.
Your relationship with Him cannot be centered on yourself.
That’s selfish.
God wants to partner with you to help others.
When He tells you to do something — don’t disobey because of excuses.
5. Trusting God Means Believing He Is Reliable
God always comes through, no matter how long it takes.
When He gives you a word, He will fulfill it.
He is not a man that He should lie.
To build trust, check His track record in your life:
the times you waited and He came through,
the doors He opened that were closed by man.
He loves a grateful heart.
He loves when you remember what He has done.
Let your prayers be joyful, even as you wait.
Believe God can do it.
Trusting God Gives You A Testimony
To be honest, if you can’t trust God, you won’t be able to obey Him or increase His impact in your life. The level to which God intervenes in your life depends on your ability to trust Him—not on how many Bible verses you know or how often you go to church.
Do you trust Him when He tells you to let go of old habits?
Do you trust Him when He asks you to walk away from something you love that’s killing you?
Do you trust His Word? What is written in the Bible?
If you struggle to read the Bible and understand it, it’s because you’re studying it like it’s an ordinary book, without spiritual guidance. When you believe in the Word — truly believe what the Bible says about miracles, healing, judgment, deliverance, and God’s power — you will be able to trust Him more.
Your level of trust is based on how well you know Him.
Take time to hear how He changes lives. The Bible is a collection of testimonies from ordinary people like you and me whose lives were impacted and transformed because they trusted God.
Let those testimonies push you into deeper faith.
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