Amy Joy
You Can Trust God.
Most people think trust is a feeling.
Or a personality trait.
Or something, some Christians have more of.
But your brain tells a different story.
Your brain is designed to learn trust.
Not by trying harder.
Not by ignoring anxiety.
Not by “just believing.”
Your brain learns trust through repetition.
The brain builds faith the same way it builds fear
If you repeat a fearful thought, your brain wires it in.
If you rehearse worst-case scenarios, your brain memorizes panic.
If you dwell on “What if?”, your mind strengthens anxiety pathways.
Your brain does not care if the thought is real or imagined.
It builds whatever you repeat.
This is why imaginary danger can activate the amygdala
Like a tiger is chasing you.
And this is why truth has to be repeated, not just known.
Scripture says it first
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ.
Romans 10:17
Not hearing once
Not hearing when we’re stressed
Not hearing at church on Sunday
Hearing again and again.
Repetition is not weakness.
Repetition is formation.
Science finally caught up with the Bible
Neuroscience calls it neuroplasticity, the idea that repeated focus strengthens neural pathways. The more often a thought is activated, the more naturally your brain chooses it.
Scripture told us this long before MRI machines existed:
I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.
Psalm 119:15
Meditation isn’t mystical.
It’s a rehearsal.
It’s training.
It’s rewiring.
Your brain learns what your spirit already knows
You were never asked to manufacture faith.
You were instructed to feed on truth
until your mind becomes convinced.
“Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God.”
John 14:1
Your heart follows what your mind rehearses.
Your mind rehearses what you feed it daily.
So feed it Scripture.
Speak it out loud.
Repeat God’s promises.
Train your thoughts the way you train a muscle.
Faith is not a feeling.
Faith is formed.
And your brain, created by God, is ready to learn.
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