"Making It Count..." -3

"For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His Holy Name." (Psalms 33:21) They say, Seeing is believing, which may be true in the area of trusting what is truth. Faith, although extremely important in our walk with the Lord, is the determined will to follow that which you believe is the truth; and depending on what you put your faith in, is the overall value of your faith. Trust is based upon what we know is sure, as in, I know that there is a God, because I see His fingerprints over all of creation, and no one will ever convince me otherwise! Now, when it comes to how that God, whom I know exists, and my relationship with Him, that is based upon my faith; at the same time, I trust in Him to be all that He says He will be, is based upon His Holy Name, which is observed and witnessed. The word for "holy" is the word 'qodesh' which means apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness; the general idea behind the word is that which is hallowed when used as an adjective; however, when added to another noun, it too becomes a noun, which goes beyond the descriptive qualities and becomes the thing, as in His Holy Name means He is called Holy because He is holy, period. The "Name" part of that in which we trust is the word 'shem', which is a word that we have looked at before, and it means fame, glory, reputation; all of which depict knowledge that He is based upon that which He has done: He created the heavens and the earth; He created all life and is the Life; He has delivered His people from bondage; He was, is, and always will be; and He is coming back, just as He said He would!!! I just had to throw that in there; with all the craziness going on in the world, it only a matter of days; years are no longer a consideration, I believe; and based upon the condition of this world, it's only going to get more crazy, not better. Anyhow; the point that I am trying to make is how important it is that we trust in God, which again, is not based upon any ability of ours whatsoever, but is solely based upon who He is and what He is capable of doing, because He is God! In this fact, we must rejoice; it's really not an elective thing in our hearts, it's what our heart has got to do, based upon the fact of who God is and what He has done for us. When it comes to praising God, our praise is for Him, and is not about whatever we might be feeling inside, or whatever we might be going through; because, truth be told, every day is not a perfect day; but every day, God is worthy of our praise... "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together." (Romans 8:14-17)