Trusting Jesus

Simply trusting every day,
Trusting through a stormy way;
Even when my faith is small,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate’er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

Brightly does His Spirit shine
Into this poor heart of mine;
While He leads I cannot fall;
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

Singing if my way is clear,
Praying if the path be drear;
If in danger for Him call;
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

Trusting Him while life shall last,
Trusting Him till earth be past;
Till within the jasper wall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

BIBLE REFERENCE:

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: Isaiah 26:4

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nahum 1:7

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Psalms 36:7

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 2 Corinthians 1:9-10

Edgar Page Stites - Lyrics
1836-1921

Born: March 22, 1836, Cape May, New Jersey.
Died: January 9, 1921, Cape May, New Jersey.
Buried: Cold Spring Presbyterian Church,
..............Cape May County, New Jersey.

Ira David Sankey - Composer
1840-1908

Born: August 28, 1840, Edinburg, Pennsylvania.
Died: August 13, 1908, Brooklyn, New York.
Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

HYMN HISTORY:

The author, Edgar Page Stites, was for many years an obscure but active lay-worker in the Methodist Church of Cape May, New jersey. One of his ancestors was John Howland, who came to America on the Mayflower. Stites was also a cousin of the gospel hymnwriter, Eliza E. Hewitt who wrote “More About Jesus.” Mr. Stites served in the Civil War nd later for a time was a riverboat pilot. He also worked for a period as a Methodist home missionary in the Dakotas. Another of Edgar P. Stites’ hymn texts that has enjoyed popularity to the present time is “Beulah Land.” Frequently Stites used the pseudonym Edgar Page on his hymns. He died on January 7, 1921, in the same town where he was born, Cape Mat, New Jersey.

The composer, Ira D. Sankey, is a name well-known to Christians. He has been called the “Father of Gospel Music” because of his many contributions to gospel hymnody during the latter quarter of the nineteenth century. Mr. Sankey has contributed the music to such favorites as “A Shelter in the Time of Storm.” “Hiding in Thee,” and “The Ninety and Nine.” In all, Mr. Sankey contributed his talents to the writing of more than eighty gospel songs and the compiling of more than ten, important, hymnal collections.

Ira D. Sankey, the composer, relates the following incident regarding the birth of this hymn:

The words of this hymn were handed to Mr. Moody in Chicago, in 1876, in the form of a newspaper clipping. He gave to me, and asked me to write a tune for them. I assented, on condition that he should vouch for the doctrine taught in the verses, and he said he would.

The hymn was first published in Sankey’s Gospel hymns No. 2, published in 1876. It was widely used in the great Moody and Sankey evangelistic meetings in the ensuing year. This textually and musically simple expression of child-like trust in Jesus has met the daily spiritual needs of many of God’s people in the present time.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8

The hardest thing for Christians to do is to trust Jesus for everything in their lives. When trouble or hardships come their way they immediately try to solve the situation in their own strength. For many they simply borrow money to fix the problem instead of going to the Lord with the need. For others it would be making hasty financial decisions that would bring on consequences that are ultimately contrary to the Lord's will for their lives. For some it may be their health is failing and they would immediately seek medical advice and never stop to pray for healing. Yes it is only when we are at our whits end that we finally fall on knees and seek His face.

The Bible has many verses that teach and encourage us to put our hope in the Lord.

In Jeremiah 17:7 the tells us that, "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is."

The question is:

Have you ever completely put your trust in the Lord to save you from your sins?

And have you honestly repented of your sins and put your hope in the LORD?

What beautiful promises this verse holds:

Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither.

They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be anxious in a year of drought.

Those who make God their Hope, have enough to fill their want sand desires.

But what does the verse teach if we do not put our faith in th LORD:

Those who do not make God their Hope, shall be like the and in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless.

They shall have no peace and satisfaction of mind; they will be anxious when drought comes.

Those who do not make God their Hope, never have enough to make up all their wants and creature-comforts.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalms 37:4

By prayer cast all thy cares before the Lord, and trust in him.

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