Trusting God in Financial Strain - Part 1 (Rooted ‘26)
Question - How can I trust God to provide when it feels like I’m barely making ends meet between medical bills, therapies, meds, etc.
By Brittany Martin
Trust hasn’t always come easy for me.
Growing up, I had different father figures in my life, and some of their choices made it hard for me to trust. So when I met my husband, that didn’t just magically go away. It actually took years for me to really trust him.
While we were dating, he kept showing up—over and over again. Not in big, flashy ways, but in small, everyday choices. And honestly, that’s what built the trust. Then during premarital counseling, our pastor said something I’ve never forgotten. He said, “You’re a team. Choose to believe the best about each other.”
That stuck with me.
As we got married and went through those early years, my husband kept choosing me. He kept loving me, serving me, sacrificing in small ways every day. And over time, trust grew. Now I can stand here and say—I trust him completely. I know we’re a team, and I know that at the end of the day, he’s for me.
Our relationship with God can look a lot like that.
Whether you believe it yet or not, God wants to be on your team. He wants to love you and show you that He’s trustworthy and he is for you. But trust in God usually isn’t built through one big, life-changing moment. It’s built in the small, everyday choices. The quiet moments where we decide, “I’m going to trust that You’re good… even here.”
In Matthew 6, Jesus talks about this.
It says—“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
God knows we worry about food, clothing, shelter, etc. That’s not new, and it doesn’t surprise Him. Over the years, I’ve had to make small, intentional choices to trust Him instead of letting fear take over.
One simple thing I’ve done is at Aldi. After I load my groceries, I’ll leave the quarter in the cart. And I’ll be honest—there have been seasons where that was hard. Like… we really needed that quarter. But as I pushed the cart back, I prayed. I prayed for the next person who found it. That they’d feel seen, that their money would stretch further, that their day would be just a little bit brighter.
I’ve exercised trust and done things like buying someone coffee or making a meal for someone when money was tight for us. And not because it made sense financially—but because I wanted to choose trust over fear. To believe that God is good. That He sees me. That He’ll take care of us.
And He always has.
Now—provision hasn’t always looked how I expected. It’s usually not a random check in the mail… although He could do that. Sometimes it looks like your kid’s favorite food suddenly being on sale. Sometimes it’s your gas lasting just a little bit longer than it should. Sometimes it’s staying healthy when you really can’t afford to miss work.
It’s not always big. But it’s always there
So maybe today, trust doesn’t look like having it all figured out. Maybe it doesn’t look like never feeling anxious again. Maybe it just looks like one small choice… to believe that God is good, and that He’s for you.
One small moment where you pause instead of panic. One small decision to loosen your grip just a little and say, ‘Okay God… I’m going to trust You here.’ Not because everything makes sense. Not because it’s easy. But because you’re choosing to believe that His heart toward you is good and He wants to be on your team.