The Next Steps Initiative Refresh — Week 2

Built on Proverbs 3:5-6, this message asks a candid question: can God actually be trusted—not only when life is good, but through diagnosis, loss, and unanswered prayer? The Hebrew words anchor the teaching: batak , to cling with a near death grip, and yada , to know God intimately. Trust is illustrated by a child's clinging arms, and the monkey-trap image shows that to hold onto God you must let go of whatever else you grip—sin, addiction, bitterness, the fear of what others think. The message closes with a long list of God's promises and Corrie ten Boom's line: never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God . Obedience need not wait on full understanding.