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PGA Chaplain Bible Studies

Study 2 –January 21st to 27th 2008.
Reading – John Chapter Ch12: verses 34 to 43

What is it that you trust in?

“Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you can become sons of the light.” John Chapter 12: verses 35 to 36. (New International Version)

Trusting your golf swing is such an important part in playing well. Trust hopefully is built upon hard work and practice, but when you are playing golf, you need to trust your swing that you take onto the course. If you do not have a good swing, then no amount of trust will help. The results we attain in golf will be similar to the quality of our swing. But when you are playing well and you get into the final holes especially in match play, trusting your swing under pressure and not trying to do anything different helps.

The value of trust or faith is not so much in faith or trust itself, but in the object of our faith. If our swing is good, trusting it has value.

Jesus speaks a lot about trust and faith. What is it that we trust in life? What do we believe is the meaning to Jesus’ life? What value is there to trusting in Jesus?
There is a tendency today to avoid or dismiss this question as hopeless or meaningless. Our rationalists or humanists wish us to simply take life as it is, and to not think much more than what is obvious to our senses and what we can make sense of with our mind.

Jesus tells us to put our trust in the light and a little later on talks about himself as the light, (verse 46). When he says that his followers will only have the light with them for a short time, he is also referring to himself.
We should never trust in anything lightly, but carefully consider the merits of what we trust in.

While we will never get to the place where we can prove the value of Jesus to a doubting person, what I always encourage people is to read the life of Christ in the bible and to allow the words of Jesus to challenge what we believe about life. I did this when I was 19 years of age and it changed my life forever. Letting the teaching of Jesus into our hearts is like letting a shaft of light into the darkness.
I truly believe that he alone has the words of eternal life and gives the whole of life meaning.

I have taken a lot of time in recent years to familiarise myself with other religions and views of life and honestly they do not measure up to the light that Jesus brings to life.

Jesus’ words, actions and life offer us a comprehensive view to the purpose of our life. Put simply it is to become sons of God through Jesus, who shows us the true light that God is. Anything less than this is to walk in darkness, not knowing where we are going.

Just like a good swing that you can trust in the heat of competition, you can trust Jesus to lead us into the presence of God. Jesus calls those who trust in him Sons of light.

I encourage you today to think about what it is you trust in when it comes to life and to trust your life over to Jesus.

Prayer. 
Lord God, thank you that Jesus leads us to light that lightens up our life. Amen.

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