Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD! May the King answer us when we call.
Psalm 20:7-9

The one thing God wants from us more than anything is that we trust Him. Trusting Him shouldn’t be hard. It ought to be a “no-brainer.” After all, He is the Sovereign God of the universe who knows all things, has the power to do as He pleases—and He loves us. We, on the other hand, are finite, fallible folk.

Why wouldn’t we trust Him? Because we are naturally (due to sin) stubborn and self-centered, preferring to trust in ourselves or in just about anything but Him.

This is why God continuously reveals Himself in His Word. (There is no new revelation beyond His Word, since everything He has to say He has said in Christ and recorded for us in His Word, the Bible.) What is the crux of His revelation? (1) That He is God: holy, just, and good. (2) That we are not; being finite creatures who are tainted with sin and rebellion, and therefore deserving of His righteous wrath. (3) That Jesus is God’s one and only means by which we must be forgiven, and that we receive the benefits of the forgiveness Jesus secured on the cross—through faith in Him. Faith. Nothing else, just faith, which is trusting in Him—alone.

Of course if we truly trust Him, we love Him for who He is and for what He has done, especially in saving us. If we trust in Him we will obey Him, not to get anything from Him—He has already given us everything in Christ. We obey Him in faith, motivated by loving gratitude.

So do not put your trust in anything else—neither in chariots nor horses (symbolic of man’s strength found in weapons of war). Instead, remember Him, and that He can be trusted. While those who trust anything else will be crushed, we will stand in the Day of Judgment. He will hear the cry of all who call out to Him for salvation.