where is your trust

In the mid 80's, God spoke to me about getting out of farming and move to the DFW area to go full time in the ministry. So I moved to Graham Texas and got in the oil business, not what the Lord had spoken to me to do. But what my leadership said I should do, so I thought I missed the Lord in what I thought He has spoken to me and moved to Graham.

The oil business went south and I had lost a bunch of money. I didn’t understand what was going on. I then heard the Lord say, go back to Oklahoma, so I moved back and bought a restaurant, and it went broke. I thought well, I could get back in to farming and every thing would be good and I could get out of debt.

I starting farming, and it looked like things where going good, my cattle where getting fat and the price was good. The week before I sold my cattle, they started dying, and I thought that is weird. But I said it’s ok because my wheat was looking good and would make up the difference. But the week before I started cutting the wheat, a hailstorm come and hailed out my wheat. I thought, that is weird. But it’s ok; my cotton crop is looking good. The week before I starting harvesting my cotton a hailstorm came and hailed out my cotton. So I said to the Lord. What is going on? He said, I am showing you what you can do.

That is when the Lord gave me Jer 17:5-8
I learned that I couldn’t trust in the arm of my flesh, but had to make the Lord my trust. It is one thing, to trust in the Lord, and another thing to make the Lord your trust. When the Lord is your trust you will be fruitful, even in dry places. The blessing of the Lord are always before you; you just can’t see them because you are trusting in the arm of your flesh or your gifting.

That is when I made the Lord my trust, and not my ability. So the next year I planted cotton and made the best cotton in the county.

The thing that I learned was the Lord had to be my trust and my hope, I couldn’t trust in what I could do or even in what the Lord had gifted me to be. He is my trust, and I can do nothing outside of Him that will bring life or produces fruits.

I have been serving the Lord for 33 years, I am debt free, out of farming and travel the world preaching His kingdom and making disciples.

I pray that this will help you from making some of the same dumb mistakes that I have made.

Make the Lord your trust, He is faithful.
Blessings
Doug