Our Trustworthy God by Sarah K. Howley: A Celebrate Lit Tour

About the Book

Book: Our Trustworthy God: How Much God Loves You, Joyfully Engages with You, and Trusts You

Author: Sarah K. Howley

Genre: Bible Study

Release date: March 28, 2025

Have you ever felt like in life’s most challenging moments, trusting God can be a struggle—even impossible? What if you knew that God not only invites you to trust him but is trustworthy himself and trusts you in return? Our Trustworthy God warmly welcomes you into a deeper understanding of the mutual relationship he longs to have with you, one built on love, trust, and active engagement.

With your guide, Sarah K. Howley—founder of InspiritEncourage, author, and speaker—you will walk through those difficult moments when trust feels scary, discovering how God’s faithfulness shines brightest in your darkest times. Through rich, Scripture-based insights, Sarah unpacks why God is always trustworthy and how his boundless love continually works for your good.

Through this study, you’ll find:

A deeper awareness of God’s active love and trust in your everyday life
Confidence in God’s unwavering faithfulness, even when challenges arise
Practical steps to strengthen your relationship with God, built on mutual trust
Encouragement to openly confront doubts and questions about your faith
Guidance on how to live as a trustworthy person, reflecting God’s faithfulness in your life

Our Trustworthy God explores the incredible truth that God trusts you, reminding you that your relationship with him is neither one-sided nor blind but vibrant and deeply mutual. You’ll be invited to reflect on what it truly means to live in faithful connection with your loving God despite the pains of life and evils of the world.

Approachable yet deeply rooted in Scripture, this study is perfect for individuals or groups seeking to strengthen their faith and experience the joy of walking in a two-way relationship with the God who loves and trusts you.

About the Author

Sarah K. Howley is the founder of InspiritEncourage and author of several Bible studies. She is a certified counselor by the Chiesa Apostolica in Italia and holds a master’s degree in education. Sarah often travels the world, usually with espresso in hand. Follow her at inspiritencourage.com to keep in touch.

More from Sarah

Our Trustworthy God is the result of years of seeking. I knew I was supposed to trust God… but. I struggled with the buts of trusting God. There are too many to name, and they usually start with “why?” Some examples are when good people have bad things happen to them, why? When someone we love has died too soon, when our best friend gets cancer, when a hurricane strikes and whole towns are lost. For me, it was cancer in the family and even starting my own business. I couldn’t really understand, or “feel” that everything was working out for my good. Trusting God wasn’t exactly an on-command reflex when I thought of these things. It was easier to wonder where God was rather than trust that he IS and will always be here.

But I wanted more than to believe he was here, I wanted to know deeply that God was working for my good, even when all I saw was destruction and evil. So, I spent a year dedicated to digging in and seeking to understand what trusting God really means. I wanted to know how trustworthy God is, all the time. I didn’t want that knowledge to remain in my head, but I wanted it in my heart. I wanted it to be the automatic reflex when bad things happen that I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that God was in that situation and working for my good.

What I found surprised me. Don’t misunderstand, more than ever before, I know God IS with me in every circumstance and he IS working for my well-being. He loves me deeply. What surprised me was that God trusts me as well and his power is unlike anything I could imagine.

A deep discussion of relationship and trusting God is what came out of that search to understand how I could trust the unseen God in an evil world, and I had to share it. Because I know my God is good and he is trustworthy. He is working for your good. He loves you, joyfully engages with you, and he trusts you.

My Review

“God has shown how he trusts and affirms us, as I Thessalonians 2:4 says, I am already approved and affirmed. But it throws down a challenge to me as a follower. Do I approve and affirm God? Is he trustworthy of everything- every promise and every blessing? He has laid the foundation of the relationship and waits for us to join him.”
Trust is a basic Christian concept. Often that word is given as an answer when we have questions. We are told to “Just trust God.” But what does that even mean? Author Sarah K. Howley does a wonderful job of diving into this simple yet tough topic in a biblical way.
I had never pondered the fact that God trusts me. He knows I am not perfect, and He knows that He will need to rescue me more often than not. Yet He trusts me to play a part in His plan. The emphasis is not on us, but on God’s power. The parable of the talents, which is explained in the book, demonstrates that God entrusts us with gifts to be used for His glory.
One topic that is tackled is how we can trust God in this evil world. The chapter on the “Power in God’s Kingdom” talks about the fact that while God purposes, He does not order. Hard times can come because of our choices, and this fallen world is full of struggles. Yet God is still at work. “Your pain has been lived and experienced by God himself… on the cross and through the Spirit in you.”
As with the author’s other books, this title is full of Scripture. I bookmarked so many pages that I want to reference again. After reading this book, I do feel like my trust in God deepened.
I had the opportunity to read this book as a part of a tour. I definitely wanted to read and review it as I hope to read all of the author’s books. All opinions are my own.