Have you ever wondered why God places such importance on us trusting Him or having faith in Him? If someone asked you if Adam and Eve believed in God, I’m thinking the answer you’d give them would be “Yes”, because God’s Word tells us that Adam and Eve heard God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and they hid from Him (Genesis 3:8 NASB). So believing in God wasn’t the problem. Trusting God’s guidance over their own reasoning was.

And as we read through the Bible, have you noticed how having faith in God or trusting His Word, is elevated to a place of paramount importance? Consider Abram in Genesis 15:6 NASB, which states “Then he believed in the Lord; and He credited it to him as righteousness.” “Believing in” goes beyond acknowledgement, it moves into the realm of placing one’s confidence and…