I wanted to talk about this because I feel that sometimes we get confused about the difference between these two words.
You cannot have faith in something unless you trust it first.
We can learn a lot from the story about the Manna, an edible substance that God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert according to the Bible. (Book of Exodus)
The Israelites were instructed by Moses not to save their daily portions of Manna (except for the double portion that fell before the Sabbath) because it would rot and become inedible.
Believe it or not, despite the fact that the Israelites must have witnessed incredible miracles throughout their exile from Egypt, some of them still did not listen to Moses’ instruction and tried to save the Manna for the next day.
These Israelites clearly did not trust that the Manna was going to fall and, therefore, suffered from fear – which is lack of faith.
They feared that they would not have food the next day and they possible did what most of us nowadays do…tossed and turned all night worrying about not doing the right thing, but at the same time not trusting that there will be enough tomorrow.
If we trust in somebody (or something), we can relinquish the fear of not being able to trust and we can submit to faith.
Faith allows us to move along life without carrying the burden of fear and discontent.
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