The document discusses the concept of trusting God through examining the biblical story of Jonathan and his armor-bearer's act of faith against the Philistines. It provides definitions of trust, quotes passages encouraging trust in God despite uncertainty, and examines how Jonathan trusted God would deliver the Philistines into Israel's hands despite being outnumbered. The document argues individuals should have the humility and courage to take action by trusting God rather than living in fear or desperation.

1. TRUSTING GOD
A Character Study from 1 Samuel 14

2. TRUSTING GOD = TRANSFORMATION

3. DO I TRUST GOD?

4. ‘TRUST’ DEFINED:
(N.) ASSURED RESTING OF THE MIND ON THE
INTEGRITY, VERACITY, JUSTICE, FRIENDSHIP, OR
OTHER SOUND PRINCIPLE, OF ANOTHER
PERSON.
CONFIDENCE; RELIANCE; TO HOPE
CONFIDENTLY; TO BELIEVE; TO RELY ON
TO RISK OR VENTURE CONFIDENTLY

5. “AND YOU WILL REALIZE WHAT AN EVIL THING
YOU DID IN THE EYES OF THE LORD WHEN YOU
ASKED FOR A KING.”
1 SAMUEL 12:17B (NIV)

6. 1 SAMUEL 14:1-23

7. RELATIONSHIP

8. “THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL TRUST IN
YOU, FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NEVER FORSAKEN
THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.”
PSALM 9:10

9. “NEVER BE AFRAID TO TRUST AN UNKNOWN
FUTURE TO A KNOWN GOD.”
- CORRIE TEN BOOM

10. HUMILITY

11. JONATHAN SAID TO HIS YOUNG ARMOR-
BEARER, “COME, LET’S GO OVER TO THE
OUTPOST OF THOSE UNCIRCUMCISED MEN.
PERHAPS THE LORD WILL ACT IN OUR BEHALF.
NOTHING CAN HINDER THE LORD FROM SAVING,
WHETHER BY MANY OR BY FEW.”
1 SAMUEL 14:6

12. “MOST MEN LIVE LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION
AND GO TO THE GRAVE WITH THE SONG STILL IN
THEM.”
– HENRY DAVID THOREAU

13. ACTION

14. AND JONATHAN SAID TO HIS ARMOR-BEARER,
“COME UP AFTER ME, FOR THE LORD HAS GIVEN
THEM INTO THE HAND OF ISRAEL.” 13 THEN
JONATHAN CLIMBED UP ON HIS HANDS AND
FEET, AND HIS ARMOR-BEARER AFTER HIM.
AND THEY FELL BEFORE JONATHAN, AND HIS
ARMOR-BEARER KILLED THEM AFTER HIM.
14 AND THAT FIRST STRIKE, WHICH JONATHAN
AND HIS ARMOR-BEARER MADE, KILLED ABOUT
TWENTY MEN WITHIN AS IT WERE HALF A
FURROW'S LENGTH IN AN ACRE OF LAND.
1 SAMUEL 14:12B-14 (ESV)

15. WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL
BE WITH YOU; AND THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY
SHALL NOT OVERWHELM YOU; WHEN YOU
WALK THROUGH FIRE YOU SHALL NOT BE
BURNED, AND THE FLAME SHALL NOT
CONSUME YOU.
FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE
OF ISRAEL, YOUR SAVIOR.
ISAIAH 43:2-3A

16. GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL
NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I
HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND BEHOLD, I AM
WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE END OF THE AGE.”
MATTHEW 28:19-20 (ESV)

17. “THE GENEALOGY OF BLESSING ALWAYS
TRACES BACK TO GOD-ORDAINED RISKS.”
- MARK BATTERSON

18. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust. -
Psalm 40:4
ARE YOU LIVING A LIFE OF
TIMIDITY OR TRANSFORMATION?

19. TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR WAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE
STRAIGHT YOUR PATHS.
PROVERBS 3:5-6