Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) – [5] Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; [6] in all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Trust (batach) means to hie (to go quickly or in haste) for refuge; to be confident or sure; to be bold or secure; to confide in. (Multiple Sources)
1. Trust in the LORD instills confidence.
2. Trust in the LORD inspires hope.
3. Trust in the LORD requires waiting.
4. Trust in the LORD removes shame.
5. Trust in the LORD overcomes fear.
6. Trust in the LORD brings blessing.
Proverbs 16:20 (NIV) – [20] Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and BLESSED is he who TRUSTS in the Lord.
Psalms 84:10-12 (NIV) – [10] Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. [11] For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. [12] O LORD Almighty, BLESSED is the man who TRUSTS in you.
7. Trust in the LORD requires surrender.
The word translated “trust” in verse 5 means “to lie helpless, facedown.” It pictures a servant waiting for the master’s command in readiness to obey, or a defeated soldier yielding himself to the conquering general. (Wiersbe Commentary)
Psalms 31:14-15 (NIV) – [14] But I TRUST in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” [15] My times are in your hands…
8. Trust in the LORD’s unfailing love.
…the cause for hope is not in one’s merit with God or in some sort of “tit-for-tat” arrangement, but only because of God’s [unfailing love], his unswerving loyalty, his gracious kindness. (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament)
Psalms 13:5-6 (NIV) – [5] But I TRUST in your UNFAILING LOVE; my heart rejoices in your salvation. [6] I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me.
9. Trust in the LORD answers prayer.
1 Chronicles 5:20 (NIV) – [20] They were helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they TRUSTED in him.
10. Trust in the LORD brings peace.
Isaiah 26:3-4 (NIV) – [3] You will keep in perfect PEACE him whose mind is steadfast, because he TRUSTS in you. [4] TRUST in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.