He Trusted His Father

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 1min

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

Psalm 34:8⁸O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (Psalm 34:8); Proverbs 30:5⁵Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (Proverbs 30:5); Isaiah 26:3-4³Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. ⁴Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:3‑4); John 10:4-5⁴And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. ⁵And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (John 10:4‑5)

A party of gentlemen in Scotland wanted to get some eggs from a nest on the side of a precipice, and they tried to persuade a poor boy that lived near to go over and get them, saying they would hold him by a rope. They offered him a good deal of money; but they were strangers to him, and he would not go. They told him they would see that no accident happened to him; they would hold the rope.

At last he said: “I will go if my father will hold the rope.”

He trusted his father.

A man will not trust strangers. I want to get acquainted with a man before I put my confidence in him. I have known God for forty years, and I have more confidence in Him now than I ever had before; it increases every year.

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