Trust seems to be an issue no matter what your background happens to be.
In the last few weeks I have been head to head with trust issues, mainly as we are 2 months into a new class and we are making some great headway in restoring peoples lives.
It comes down to "trust is earned." This is a motto I go by and a motto I teach my students. BUT, there is a catch! You have to understand that there is a catch before you can use the motto. The catch? You have to give me some of your trust so I can earn it!
Trust is not trust until it is tested! THAT is the real problem, we don't trust enough to give trust away to earn trust from people who might lead us to freedom!
Here at The Fathers House Church, Pastor Steve says, "inspect the fruit." Meaning look at the result of someones life choices and decisions and the result of those choices and decisions. We must be fruit inspectors so we can more intelligently give trust to be earned. Look at the lives of the people you call leaders, can you trust them? You will know if they are trustworthy by looking at their fruit.
If I fully trust someone then I follow without knowing the outcome but I trust that the one I am following will lead me into the best place possible. To be able to move in this level of trust I have to believe that the one leading me has good fruit.
Inspecting fruit is the key to trust. Trust has to be earned. Allow the ones with the best fruit to earn your trust. BUT, you have to give trust for it to be earned!
In the last few weeks I have been head to head with trust issues, mainly as we are 2 months into a new class and we are making some great headway in restoring peoples lives.
It comes down to "trust is earned." This is a motto I go by and a motto I teach my students. BUT, there is a catch! You have to understand that there is a catch before you can use the motto. The catch? You have to give me some of your trust so I can earn it!
Trust is not trust until it is tested! THAT is the real problem, we don't trust enough to give trust away to earn trust from people who might lead us to freedom!
Here at The Fathers House Church, Pastor Steve says, "inspect the fruit." Meaning look at the result of someones life choices and decisions and the result of those choices and decisions. We must be fruit inspectors so we can more intelligently give trust to be earned. Look at the lives of the people you call leaders, can you trust them? You will know if they are trustworthy by looking at their fruit.
If I fully trust someone then I follow without knowing the outcome but I trust that the one I am following will lead me into the best place possible. To be able to move in this level of trust I have to believe that the one leading me has good fruit.
Inspecting fruit is the key to trust. Trust has to be earned. Allow the ones with the best fruit to earn your trust. BUT, you have to give trust for it to be earned!
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