But hanging onto my fears and letting them tie me in knots shows a lack of trust in the all powerful God of righteousness and justice whose nature is love. And trust is one of the things he wants to see growing in me when I put my faith in Jesus Christ. 

Part 3 of my new book, Honey from the Comb, collects verses about traits God wants to see in me. The collection began with the fruit of the spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control—but that is just the beginning. A couple mornings ago, trust came up in my prayer time. It’s not inconsistant with action, but it IS inconsistant with my stomach knots. Here is the trust entry from the Honey from the Comb. As you read, consider your own response to the ways God is stretching you.

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Trust
Trust is putting your faith into action in a concrete situation. As you pray these verses, consciously rest in God and give him your present situation with confidence regardless of how hopeless circumstances may appear.
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Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

I trust in you, LORD; 
I say, “You are my God.” 
My times are in your hands; 
deliver me from my enemies 
from those who pursue me. Psalm 31:14-15 

Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD Psalm 40:4a
In God I trust and am not afraid.
What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 

You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you. Isaiah 26:3 

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:25-33

​​The first section of my new book, Honey from the Comb, collects verses to help you focus on who God is and what he is like. But when we do that, we realize that we aren’t as good as we would like people to think we are. Isaiah was a young prophet when he had a vision of God in the temple (Isaiah 6). His response wasn’t “Wow! What a great worship experience!” It was “Oh, no! I’m ruined! I have such a dirty mouth, and everyone around me has a dirty mouth!” He was embarrassed when he compared himself to God instead of to other people.

​Part 2 of Honey from the Comb focuses on Scriptures to help you be specific in confession.