You cannot trust who you do not know
Trust grows from relationship—and relationship begins with knowing who God truly is.
📖 Scripture:
“You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.”
— Jeremiah 29:13
📚 Bible Study:
You cannot trust what you do not know.
I’ve been thinking a lot about trust lately—how easily we say the words “I trust God” and yet how hard it is to actually live like we do.
So I sat still for a moment, letting the quiet settle around me like a heavy blanket, and I asked myself a simple question:
Who do I trust? And why?
Immediately, faces came to mind—people who have shown up for me, people whose character I’ve learned over years of watching how they respond, how they love, how they fail, and how they recover.
And then I thought of others—people I trust only in certain areas.
Not because they’re bad people, but because their history has taught me to be cautious.
We all have those people, the ones we love but can’t fully rely on.
And that’s when it hit me:
We trust people according to how well we know them.
So why would it be any different with God?
🌿 When Human Experience Warps Our View of God
Whether we admit it or not, most of us carry old wounds into our relationship with God.
A parent who didn’t show up.
A spouse who broke their promise.
A friend who betrayed a confidence.
A person in authority who failed to protect us.
Those experiences shape us—quietly, deeply—and without realizing it, we use them as a lens for viewing God.
We want to trust Him…
but part of us waits for the letdown.
Part of us wonders if He will change His mind.
If He will forget us.
If He will do for someone else what He seems slow to do for us.
Not because God has ever failed us—but because people have.
✨ But God Is Not People
The more I read Scripture, the more I see His character unfold.
Not the watered-down, summarized version people sometimes hand us,
but the God who breathed life into dust
and walked into gardens and battlefields
and broken hearts
with the same steady, faithful presence.
The God who keeps His promises—every single time.
The God who never lies, never fails, never misleads.
The God who is exactly who He says He is.
But you don’t know that about Him just by hearing someone preach about it.
You don’t know that just by reading a verse on Instagram.
You don’t know that by listening to other people’s testimonies.
You know it by opening your Bible and discovering Him for yourself.
Not the feel-good verses—
but the messy parts.
The confusing parts.
The emotional parts.
The holy, breathtaking, heart-changing parts.
It’s in the stories—
in the wrestling of Jacob,
the faith of Abraham,
the courage of Esther,
the devotion of Mary,
the transformation of Paul—
that you start to see Him clearly.
And the more you see Him,
the more you trust Him.
🤍 Make God One of Your Five
They say you become like the five people you spend the most time with.
This year, make God one of your five.
Sit with Him.
Learn His tone.
Study His ways.
Watch how He moves through Scripture—
slow sometimes, fast sometimes,
but always with purpose and love.
Let Him reshape your thinking.
Let Him steady your emotions.
Let Him teach you to trust again—
not because someone told you to,
but because you know Him.
💭 Reflection:
Trust isn’t built through intention—it’s built through intimacy. The more time you spend with God, the clearer His character becomes, and the easier trust follows.
❓ A Question for You:
What part of God’s character do you need to know better in order to trust Him more fully?
🙏 Prayer:
God, I want to trust You—but I realize trust grows from knowing You. Help me release the false images I’ve formed from past hurt and disappointment. Draw me closer to Your heart through Your Word. Teach me who You really are, so my trust can rest on truth instead of fear. Amen.
👣 Practical Step:
This week, choose one story in Scripture—not a single verse—and read it slowly. Pay attention to how God responds, speaks, and moves. Write down what you learn about His character.
💌 Invite a Friend:
Know someone who struggles to trust God because of past wounds?
Forward this email as a gentle reminder: God is not like people—and He is worthy of trust.
