If you ask a thousand Christians “do you trust God?” a thousand hands would go up. Some might quote Proverbs “trust the Lord with all your heart.” Later the same day, many if not most, will go out and buy food and drinks far removed from the way God makes them to keep us well. On the menu will be white flour goodies, manmade chemicals, and GMO. Later will come the returns on faith without trust: surprise heart attacks, obesity, cancer, diabetes, joint pains, Alzheimers, nursing homes, premature funerals etc. For the young it will be autism, childhood obesity, ADD, hyperactivity, and diseases once considered problematic only for the old. About degenerative diseases, doctors used to say “people are living old enough to get them.” You’re not hearing that anymore. Children with “adult onset” diabetes aren’t living old enough to get them. Now you can see that the difference between “faith” and “trust” can mean the difference between heaven and hell on earth.
There is only one place in the New Testament where Jesus says “O you of little faith.” After explaining that God takes care of the “birds of the air” and the “lilies of the field,” Jesus explained that we are included in that umbrella of love for our body needs “O you of little faith.” Where does that leave a w ...
