An Invitation to Trust | Pastor Jason Belcher | 11 am | Scottsdale Bible Church Online

Trust can feel nearly impossible when Jesus seems far away, especially when you're doing everything you know to do. You pray, worship, serve, and still feel like He is missing. If you have ever asked, “Where is God in all of this?” you are not alone. This sermon, “An Invitation to Trust,” from Pastor Jason Belcher is a lifeline for anyone caught between devotion and doubt, for those trying to remain faithful while feeling confused or abandoned.

This passage, Luke 2 41-52, gently reminds us that trust does not begin when everything makes sense. It begins when we choose to keep seeking Him, even when we feel silence. It speaks to the quiet moments when we have cried out, “God, why would You do this to me?” and heard no reply.

In a tender exchange between Mary and her twelve-year-old son, Jesus, we witness something raw and real. Mary does not pretend to understand. She speaks with honesty and pain, saying, “Why have You treated us like this?” Jesus responds, not with an explanation, but with truth that reshapes everything. He invites her to see Him not just as her son, but as the One sent for a greater purpose.

This sermon walks us through that moment and invites us to reflect on our own stories. Have you ever felt like you were doing everything right, yet still could not find God in the middle of it all? Have you struggled to hear Him when all you longed for was clarity or peace?

This message does not ignore those struggles. It honors them. You will be reminded that trust is not the result of having every answer. Trust grows when we decide who gets to interpret our lives, our fears, our waiting, and our pain. Will it be our limited understanding, or the One who sees the end from the beginning? What if your confusion is not a failure, but the very place where deeper faith is being formed? What if your question, “Why?” is not a roadblock, but a doorway into something more sacred?

Mary did not receive full understanding that day, but she received something better. She received an invitation to treasure what she did not yet understand. That is what trust often looks like. It is not clarity. It is holding what God is doing close in your heart until the time comes when He reveals it. So here is the question. What is holding you back from trusting Him with your whole life?

If you are in a season of silence or holding onto faith by a thread, this message is a quiet reminder that you are not alone. It is a gentle invitation to keep trusting. What feels like absence may actually be formation. What sounds like silence may be the voice of Jesus drawing you closer.

Watch now, let this message speak to your heart, and return to it whenever you need to remember that Jesus is still with you, even when you cannot see Him clearly.

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