Below you'll find a quote from Richard Baxter's work, A Christian Directory. There's not much to say concerning what he writes other than is really speaks to the troubles we encounter in trusting God.
I hope you are blessed by the quote and that you will examine your heart in regards to these "contraries."
I hope you are blessed by the quote and that you will examine your heart in regards to these "contraries."
"The Contraries to trust in God, are: 1. Privative: not trusting him: not seeing the ground of just security in his love and promise: not crediting what is seen: not ceasing disquietness and distrustful cares and fears. 2. Positive distrust: supposing the allsufficiency, goodness, and promises of God, are not sufficient grounds of our expectation and security; and thereupon disquieting our minds with sinful fears, and griefs, and cares, and shifting endeavours for ourselves some other way. And this hath various degrees: in some it is predominant; in others not. 3. Opposite or adverse: when we trust ourselves, or friends, or wealth, or something else instead of God, either against him, without him, or in co-ordination with him."
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