Don’t miss this soul-stirring ‘Trust and Obey’ hymn cover by YouTube artist known as Folks And Hymns. Though we don’t know her name, she has over 18,000 subscribers online and obviously has a gift for worship music.
There’s a sacred hush that falls over her living room as she sits in front of her dark fireplace when she starts to sing. Her guitar is cradled close, and she pours out the kind of music that feels like a prayer whispered straight from heaven. Her angelic voice carries the familiar hymn but it’s more than just the music you hear–it’s her heart for the Lord that moves you.
‘Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.’
You can see it in her eyes, hear it on every note, and she believes those words. They’re not just lyrics but lifelines. Each phrase wrapped in her quiet conviction becomes an invitation to trust a little deeper and obey a little more fully, and rest in the steadfast love of Jesus. It’s as if she carried the meaning of the song from its original writer, John H Sammis, who wrote the hymn in 1887. The hymn reveals how walking with God brings delight, peace, and joy. And how everything else in life, the big worries, the struggles, and loneliness, take a back seat when we focus our eyes on Him and trust and obey!
Let this movement of worship lift your heart. Let it remind you that there’s no burden too heavy, no sorrow too deep, and no path too dark for the One who calls us to trust and obey. And as you listen, may you mind your own heart stirred to lay it all at the feet of Jesus, knowing His ways are always good.
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."