1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Welcome to the Crossbot devotional. We're so glad 2 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: to have you listening. I'm Michelle Zurich. Today's topic is 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: put your Trust in God. We'll be back after a 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: word from our sponsor. Put your Trust in God, written 5 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: in red by Michelle s Well Zurich. I remain confident 6 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: of this. I will see the goodness of the Lord 7 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: and the land of the Living. Wait for the Lord. 8 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord, 9 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: ps Im twenty seven, verses thirteen to fourteen. In high school, 10 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: I always struggled to fit in. I had friends in 11 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: various circles within my class, yes, but I never seemed 12 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 1: to fit in anywhere. I tried desperately to fit in 13 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: with a group that lived near me and we shared 14 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: the same bus. But just when I got a boyfriend 15 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: who was a mutual friend of theirs, things got ugly. 16 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: People who I thought were my friends were spreading vicious 17 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: lies about me. They couldn't understand what their mutual friends 18 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: saw in me. This is especially true since one of 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: the friends in that circle had dated him before the 20 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: night of our sophomore dance. I took that mutual friend 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: as my day. We all shared the same ride and 22 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: went to the dance together. But after returning from the bathroom, 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: I saw my friend in my group flirting with my 24 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: new boyfriend. I was devastated, how could you do this 25 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: to me? After that, we didn't speak to each other 26 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: for quite some time. Eventually, that mutual friend and I 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: broke up. Once that happened, the new friend came around 28 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: and started talking to me again. Although this is before 29 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: I knew the Laurdy, it taught me a valuable lesson. 30 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: Life can be cruel. The friends you think you've made 31 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: may turn on you in an instant, whence they find 32 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: you have something that they want. I struggled antill graduation, 33 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: wondering of these where truly my friends are not? I 34 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: quickly concluded they weren't and started making friends with someone 35 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: else I never felt slowly. It wasn't until I met 36 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: the Lord a year later that I realized what true 37 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: happiness and companionship could be. Lord filled the hole in 38 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 1: my soul, and I no longer needed fallible, fragile human 39 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: beings to fill that void for connection and intimacy. The 40 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: above verse reminds me of God's sovereignty, peace, and omniscience. 41 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: Although this verse is positive verse twelve the one above 42 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: It puts it into context. Do not turn me over 43 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: to the desire of my foes, to her false witnesses 44 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: rise against me, spouting malicious accusations. I learned the harshness 45 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: of this reality during that encounter with my friend. We 46 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: stop being friends after that, and after graduation we stopped 47 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: talking altogether. The psalm is David wrote this in context 48 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: to promise the readers that we will see goodness and 49 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: mercy come on this earth. David had personally experienced hardship 50 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: and persecution from Saul. Saul was envious of his position, 51 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: and he would stop at nothing to get it, even 52 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: murdered David. This must have been devastating for David, since 53 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: he had done nothing to Saul. Jealousy and envy can 54 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: be difficult emotions to process, but David's encouragement and the 55 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: above versus straightforward. If we hold onto God, we will 56 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: see goodness and mercy flow from others. But it is 57 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: important to change our perspective to do so. Instead of 58 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: seeing my friend's accusations as a loss, I should have 59 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: seen them as a strength. I'm glad the Lord showed 60 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: me that side of her because I could understand fully 61 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: that she was never my friend, has placing my trust 62 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: in someone nice to my face, but behind my back 63 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: was anything but nice. The Lord will use things in 64 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: our lives to show us people's true colors. Sometimes, difficult 65 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: circumstances will bring out the worst in people. This is 66 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: when you can true see who people are on the inside. 67 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: If you are going through a difficult circumstance, take heart, 68 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: hold on to the encouragement of this verse. Wait on 69 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: the Lord. He will be good and revide you with 70 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: everything you need. He may also turn your situation around 71 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: for his good. God will sometimes use situations like this 72 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: to show you people's true colors. In the end, it 73 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: is better to know who people truly are and not 74 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: put your faith and trust in them, but instead in God. 75 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: Put your faith and trust in God always, and you'll 76 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: never be disappointed. Father, let us hold fast to you, 77 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: let us take hert and place our hope in you. 78 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: Allow us to trust you, knowing that you can change 79 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: any situation for your good. Amen Intersecting faith in life, 80 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 1: did you ever have a situation where someone hurled false 81 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:51,119 Speaker 1: accusations at you? Go to God with those feelings. Further reading, 82 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: John sixteen, verse thirty three. 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