Trust Issues | Keep It Real | Pastor Steve Andres

Is anything too difficult for the Lord? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our KEEP IT REAL series with a message about hope and trust in an age of false realities. Genesis 18:13-14 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too difficult for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” Our world finds itself hurtling toward a crisis of REALITY, where we find ourselves confronted with more and more reasons to lose trust. 1) Cynical is easy. Hopeful is hard. Hope makes us vulnerable. Cynicism and reactive negativity are a holiday from the rugged, demanding way of hope.  Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord;   be strong, and let your heart take courage;   wait for the Lord! It takes courage to hope and to trust, because it is a vulnerable position to be in. 2) Real trust is difficult, especially after disappointment. It had been more than 10 years since Abraham and Sarah had first heard God’s promise of a child. Sarah’s disappointment is transparent in her reaction. Faith is not pretending you don’t have pain. Faith is hope greater than your pain. 3) You can’t trust in theory, only in practice. REAL trust requires risk. Sarah laughed off the promise that God made in order to protect herself against more disappointment.  Are you protecting or are you expecting? In the end, our hope will translate to action. Your behavior will always align with your expectations. Our hope is built on God’s victory over death through the resurrection of Jesus. If God has loved us in this way, we can ask ourselves the question again: Genesis 18:14  Is anything too wonderful for the LORD?