Trust in God!

 

232. Trust in God! One of the main statutes we find in the religions of God is that we must put our Trust in God if we are to spiritually progress in this existence: The messengers of God tell us that trust in God is a must for our deliverance from the harsh realities of this life, and if we are to truly achieve salvation and progress in this world and in the next world. How can our spirit grow and our soul develop if we don’t trust in our creator to do what is best for us? And, God wants us, to place our trust in Him, to have faith in Him always unto eternity.  Babi Religion: “Indeed every revelation of authority proceedeth from God. In Him do I trust and unto Him do I turn.” (The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 21)

    Without trust in God we are like a rudderless boat adrift on the sea of doubt not knowing in what direction we are going or how we will get there; because we have no true guidance, we feel we can count on, to show us the way.  Judaism: 2 Samuel 22:3 “The God of my rock; in Him will I trust: He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.” Psalms 7:1 “O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:” Psalms 16:1 “Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.” Psalms 31:1 “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.” Psalms 37:3 “Trust in The LORD, and do good;” Psalms 71:1 “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.” Psalms 118:8 “It is better to trust in The LORD than to put confidence in man.” Psalms 118:9 “It is better to trust in The LORD than to put confidence in princes.” Psalms 141:8 “But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD The Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.” Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in The LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:6 “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 16:20 “He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in The LORD, happy is he.” Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.” Isaiah 12:2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for The LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation.” Isaiah 26:4 “Trust ye in The LORD for ever: for in The LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:”  Christianity: Matthew 12:21 “And in His name shall the Gentiles trust.” 2 Corinthians 1:9 “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:” 2 Corinthians 1:10 “Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in Whom we trust that He will yet deliver us;” 1 Timothy 6:17 “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.”

 BABI RELIGION: “Arise in His (God’s) name, put your trust wholly in Him, and be assured of ultimate victory.”

The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 93)

BAHA’I FAITH: “Place thy trust in God, and commit thine affairs unto Him,”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 114)

 ISLAM: 122. “In Allah (God) should the faithful (ever) put their trust.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah   3)

159. “Put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).” 160. “If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: if He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? In Allah, then, let believers put their trust.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah   3)

Islam: 23. “On Allah put your trust if ye have faith.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah   5)

Islam: 51. “Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us: He is our Protector’: and on Allah let the believers put their trust.”

(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah   9)

  ZOROASTRIANISM: 10. “The man of understanding has instructed (people) to cling to action of this Good Thought, and to the Holy Piety, creator, comrade of Right — wise that He is, and to all hope (trust), O Ahura (God), that are in Thy Dominion, O Mazda.”

(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 34)

 Zoroastrianism: 3. “Who are they to whose help Good Thought shall come? I have faith that thou wilt Thyself fulfill this for me, O Ahura.” (I have full trust in Mazda Ahura)

(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 43)

 Zoroastrianism: Denkard. Zoroaster, “(it is) God in Whom every one has his trust regarding his own affair, except him who has no wisdom.”

 Zoroastrianism: 3. “He who recites the praise of Holiness, in the fullness of faith and with a devoted heart, praises Me, Ahura Mazda.”

(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta Fragments)

 HINDUISM: “Be certain none can perish, trusting Me!”

(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 9)

 Hinduism: “Fourfold are our human duties: first to study holy lore, Then to live as good householders, feed the hungry at our door, Then to pass our days in penance, last to fix our thoughts above, But the final goal of virtue, it is Truth and deathless Love!”

(Hindu, Mababharata (R. Dutt,  abridged tr))

 Hinduism: “With all thy soul Trust Him, and take Him for thy succour.”

(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 18)

 Hinduism: “Live in the faith of Me! In faith of Me All dangers Thou shalt vanquish, by My grace; But, trusting to thyself and heeding not, thou can’st but perish!”

(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 18)

 BUDDHISM: “Those who are filled with unshaken faith in Me, (Trust in Me) all those have entered the stream.”

((The Eightfold Path), Buddha, the Word (The Eightfold Path))

 Buddhism: 15. “Trusting is the best relationship.” (Between man and God)

(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))

 SABEANISM: “We give thanks to God The Lord of the worlds, and We praise (and trust) Him under all circumstances: verily He is a witness unto all things.” “In great radiance am I immersed and in steadfast light am I established. Its fastening is water, its wreath is light, its weapon the living word, and its seal the chosen, pure one. Every man who openeth it and readeth therein shall live, shall be whole and his name will be set up in the House of Life, in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 63)

Sabeanism: “The name of Life and the name of Manda-d-Hiia (Haiyi, God) Were pronounced on me.  My ears have heard the voice of Life (God).  My nostrils have breathed the perfume of Life. My mouth was filled with prayer and praise.  My knees bless and worship the Great Life (God). My feet tread the ways of Truth, (trust) and Faith.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 104)

 BABI RELIGION:  “In God, Who is The Lord of all created things, have I placed My whole trust.” “I have made none other but Thee my trust; I have clung to no will but Thy Will.”

(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 18 and 58)

BAHA’I FAITH: “If anyone revile you, or trouble touch you, in the path of God, be patient, and put your trust in Him Who heareth, Who seeth.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 24)

 BABI RELIGION:  “Nothing can befall us but what God hath destined for us. Our liege Lord is He; and on God let the faithful trust!”

The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 334)

BAHA’I FAITH: “Place thy trust in God, and commit thine affairs unto Him, and enter then the Most Great Prison, that thou mayest hear what no ear hath ever heard, and gaze on that which no eye hath ever seen.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 114)

Baha’i Faith: “Trust in The Lord, thy God, for He is sufficient unto whosoever trusteth in Him. He, verily, shall protect thee, and in Him shalt thou abide in safety.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 60)

Baha’i Faith: “Put your whole trust and confidence in God, Who hath created you, and seek ye His help in all your affairs. Succor cometh from Him alone. He succoreth whom He will with the hosts of the heavens and of the earth.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 251)