Introduction

Braves win first World Series since 1995
It was great being able to watch those games with my son.

Some of the greatest memories I have with my dad were at or watching Braves games so it is really special to get to do that with my own son

But, I gotta tell you, if it weren’t for Ben, I probably wouldn’t have watched many games

Braves and TarHeels

They lose a lot of big games

Yes, I know it’s nice to get there, just wish they could be dynastic like the Patriots or the 70s UCLA Basketball teams.

IT was Ben who trusted that they were going to win

Final game, I wanted to bail, especially as the game got later and later.

Ben had faith.

But, beyond that, Ben’s trust wasn’t so much an intellectual consent as it was an action

I talk frequently about love

How we primarily view it as a feeling, but the Bible sees it as action

Same thing can be said for Trust – It’s an action step.

Trust

First of all, we need to get rid of a couple of outcomes of trust so as to not have false expectations of what trusting God will deliver
FIRST – DOES NOT MEAN EVERYTHING WILL GO YOUR WAY

This was my big mistake.

Rain, T-Ball game, didn’t happen

I trusted God BUT I ONLY TRUSTED HIM TO DO WHAT I NEEDED HIM TO DO.

That’s actually doing a number of things deeply wrong with our faith

The Bible contradicts this

Jesus himself

John 16:33-34 – “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
1st Peter really gets at this awareness

Because the World is broken by Sin, there is no getting out of here without suffering
But, Peter notes, it is far better to suffer for

We typically trust God to deliver things to us

Where it is easy to trust God

Grace

I’m not perfect but I get into heaven, anyway

Yeah, I trust God on that

Comfort

My yoke is easy, my burden light

Oh yeah, that’s a really good one to trust

Nope, this burden is too hard, can’t be from Jesus