“Can I trust God?” Perhaps that seems like a simple question to answer when life is smooth and we generally believe God is loving and good. But for every one of us, truly living a consistent “yes” to that question it is the challenge of a lifetime. God exposes layer after layer of our self-controlling, fearful clinging, my-way-is-better-than-God’s-way choices. But our real choice is whether or not we will seek and obey His will above our own, even when it seems so costly. This weekend our one text tells us to be sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see! Both are odd phrases. So our goal is to answer two key questions: 1) what exactly is it we are to hope for? and 2) on what basis can I be so certain of something happening that I stake my life on it; even though I haven’t ever yet experienced it? See you then.