Is it Faith? Or Trust.

I have been considering what the difference is between acts of faith, and trust in the Lord.

To act on faith does not lend to understanding.
Acts of faith do not need to be understood, just commited. This is because our belief is that perfection is full, and we serve the authority of that perfection. Acts of faith bear perfect fruit through an imperfect host under grace.

Understanding comes by trust.

I blindfold you, and I take your hand and lead you where you do not see. When we arrive, I take off the blindfold, and you understand then why I asked you to trust me.
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Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
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How much more than, is trust in the Lord able to bring about understanding. All things of God are spiritual, they are unseen qualities. We cannot understand what is outside of our senses, we cannot rely on our reasoning because our knowledge is incomplete. So we must learn to trust in the authority of God, in order to gain understanding.

What is so important about understanding? Understanding is maturity in the Spirit. Perfect knowledge is reliable, as it is full, like a constant. And holy understanding provides this. It is eternal wisdom, and because it comes from trust in God's authority, it honors the Father through His Son. Understanding is important because it is what builds us up, so we can strengthen others.

As believers, we already deny ourselves in faith that holiness will instead come through us. But, when we base our decisions solely on scripture or the testimony of others, we are not trusting the Lord, we are shielding ourselves with what we consider to be relevant. In doing so, we lack depth, and leave ourselves open to misinterpretations, or worse, motivated perceptions. If we replace our reliance on incomplete knowledge then, with trust in the Lord, the result is we gain understanding set aside for us in the present moment. Scriptures and the testimony of others, supplies what occured, and how it occured. But only trust in the Lord provides understanding of why things occur in our lives.

When a man sees a storm coming, or finds himself already overcome by one, he seeks shelter from it. He does this because he trusts that the shelter will shield him from the storm. How much more than is our trust well founded in the authority of Jesus. So we trust in him, and he is our shield, our refuge, and this protection is perfect, and true.

Peter had faith enough to leave the boat and walk out to Jesus. When he began to doubt, he began to sink. But, when he took Jesus's hand, he trusted in Jesus. When a storm hit the boat, the disciples woke up Jesus and said we are in danger. He said ye of little faith, rebuked the storm and it settled. It was not faith that had them wake the Lord, but trust that he could do something about it.

As believers another thing to consider is that we have personal relationships with what is eternal. We each have uniqueness, which means what we each gain in understanding is personally valuable. If a group of us go to listen to a sermon, what each of us gains is individualized. How much more than is it when we trust in authority of Jesus. So what we gain in understanding is a maturity that the Lord has set out for us each.

Does the mouth speak what is on the mind because it has faith? No. The mouth speaks what is on the mind because it understands this is its purpose. We are of the body of Christ, and we need to trust in him as he is the head od the body. Our trust offers us understanding of or role in him.

We need to learn to trust Jesus. Sometimes , what is set before us seems like a test of our faith, but how many times is it a opportunity to instead trust in the Lord?

Consider this. Pray about it.