God I Trust In You (new song)

God I trust in you
O my God I trust in you
I rejoice and I sing
To Jesus my king
Because my God I trust in you.

I'm shouting and singing with gladness
Knowing I don't have to hide
You're my protector
God you defend me
Jesus I'm safe at your side

And I sing ...
God I trust in you
O my God I trust in you
I rejoice and I sing
To Jesus my king
Because my God I trust in you.


Surrounded and covered with favour
A shield and fortress to me
Loving you Jesus
Praising my Saviour
You've opened my eyes to see.

I'm singing ...
God I trust in you
O my God I trust in you
I rejoice and I sing
To Jesus my king
Because my God I trust in you.

@M.Scott-Branagan 2011

Taken from one of the many texts that have been my strong encouragement this year:
Psalm 5:11-12 (NKJV)
But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You.
[12] For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

When we say he defends us, it's not against people that we mainly need defending. It's usually our own imaginations and emotions that need dealing with (well mine, anyway!)

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NKJV)
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
[5] casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

The battlefield is in my mind and in my imaginations. What I see and hear is not necessarily the truth. It is my perception of the truth at the time.
How do I react to the events in daily life?
Do people really mean what I think they do? How do I interpret their words?

1 Corinthians 15:56-57 (NKJV)
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. [57] But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The victory is over my sinful heart and my reactions and thoughts. When I win there, Satan has lost his ground.

In my own life I have often been tormented by the drama of life as my thoughts paint it to me. I have discovered that my thoughts are often wrong. I have to discipline myself to step back from the actions and words that hurt or offend me, and choose to change the way I look at them. Yes, sometimes people may be nasty. But usually they are not: its just my own rejection telling me so.

But regardless, I have the power to change MY response and stop the cycle of offense and hurt from destroying my own inner peace.

Yes, bad things happen. And yes, I make the choice to no longer let those things control how I feel. I will control my own feelings and my own thoughts. By God's grace I can be Master of my own destiny and of my own heart. And make sure of keeping my sanity.

In the words of another scripture based song I wrote: "I will rejoice ..." no matter what!