8 Benefits of Trusting in the Lord

1.  Trust in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalms 37:3-5  Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.4Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

2.  Trusting in the Lord brings greater happiness and joy in life –

Proverbs 16:20He who heeds the word wisely will find good, And whoever trusts in the Lord, happyishe.

3.  Our mind stays in peace when we stay focused on the Lord.

Isa 26:3 You will keephimin perfect peace,Whosemindisstayedon You,Because he trusts in You.

4.  Fruitful in all times, not anxious in the year of drought or famine

 Jeremiah 17:5-8

5 Thus says the LORD:

"Cursed is the man who trusts in man  And makes flesh his strength,

Whose heart departs from the LORD.  6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes,

But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.   7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.  8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,

Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes;

But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. NKJV

5.  Those who trust in the Lord will be delivered from wicked schemes and plans of evil people

Ps 37:39-40

39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;

He is their strength in the time of trouble.

40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them;

He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them,

Because they trust in Him. NKJV

6.  Mercy of the Lord surrounds those who trust in Him –

 Psalm 32:10-11

10Many sorrowsshall beto the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.11Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, allyouupright in heart!

7.  Those who trust in the Lord will be prospered

Prov 28:25, 26

He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.

8.  Those who trust in the Lord will be safe and secured

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, But

whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.