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Good morning my RP Family. Trust is a very important part of a cohesive military. We must be able to have trust that our teammates have our 6 in order to faithfully execute a battle plan. How hard it would be if we could not trust the teammates next to us in a conflict. We also must have trust that our superiors have the plan accurately laid out before us so as to have a successful venture. We depend on trust so very much in many parts of our life. The one area of trust that I have is that God is always there for me and has a perfect plan for my future. Let’s see what the Bible says about trust from Got Questions. Have a blessed day today and always.

Taken from gotquestions.org

What does the Bible say about trust?

Answer: The words translated “trust” in the Bible literally mean “a bold, confident, sure security or action based on that security.” Trust is not exactly the same as faith, which is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-9). Rather, trusting is what we do because of the faith we have been given. Trusting is believing in the promises of God in all circumstances, even in those where the evidence seems to be to the contrary. Hebrews 11 talks about faith, which is accepting and believing the truth that God reveals about Himself, supremely in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, the practical consequence of faith in God is trust, which we prove by living out our full acceptance of God’s promises day by day. Furthermore, it is by this trust that we are promised peace: “You will keep in peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you” (Isaiah 26:3).

The classic verse regarding trust is Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” This verse sums up the Bible’s teaching on trust. First, it is the Lord in whom we are to trust, not ourselves or our plans, and certainly not the world’s wisdom and devices. We trust in the Lord because He and He alone is truly trustworthy. His Word is trustworthy (Psalm 93:5; 111:7; Titus 1:9), His nature is faithful and true (Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 25:10; 145:13; 146:6), and His plans for us are perfect and purposeful (Isaiah 46:10; Jeremiah 29:11). Further, because of God’s nature, we are to trust Him with all our hearts, committing every aspect of our lives to Him in complete confidence. Finally, we are not to trust in ourselves because our understanding is temporal, finite, and tainted by our sin natures. Trusting in ourselves is like walking confidently across a rotten wooden bridge over a yawning chasm thousands of feet deep. Disaster inevitably follows.

Trust in God is a feature of many of the psalms of David. There are 39 references to trust in the Psalms alone, whether referring to trusting in God and His Word, or to not trusting in riches or the things of this world. It is on the basis of this trust that David finds deliverance from all the evil he encounters. Many of David’s psalms describe situations when he was pursued by Saul and his army, as well as his other enemies, and always did the Lord come to his aid. One thing that can be noted about biblical trust is that it always engenders further trust in our God. The man of God never stops trusting in God completely. His faith may be knocked, He may stumble, or He may fall into the foulest of sins, but “though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand” (Psalm 37:24). The man of God knows that, though trials will beset in this life, his trust will not waiver because that trust is based on faith in the promises of God: the promise of eternal joy with the Lord and the promise of an inheritance that “can never perish, spoil and fade” (1 Peter 1:4).

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Good "Monday" Morning COL Mikel J. Burroughs from a still overcast sky in the Greater Boston Area! We are in for some cloudy and rainy weather this week... Ugh! - "Building Trust Day!"

1) "The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer."
- Thomas J. Watson

2) "Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." - Vince Lombardi

3) "The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'." - Tom Peters

4) "When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed." - Russel Honore

5) "Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential."
- Warren G. Bennis

6) "Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned." - Mike Krzyzewski

So my RP Brothers and Sisters, after digesting all of what we have read today about "Trust" know this:

"Successful leadership is building a bond of trust among the people you lead. This will create motivation, inspiration, and creativity among the team." — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs




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Good morning from Hartland Michigan COL Mikel J. Burroughs - I can only trust that my mind will start waking up after the ride back from CO. Thanks for the meet and greet and dinner. Give my best to Mom and Bella.

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