Understanding and Developing Trust Within Organizational Context

Trust Assessment: Individual to God

This questionnaire is designed to help you assess your trusting level with God and discover areas where you may want to take a step toward Him. The orientation is your trust in God. It is built upon two overarching categories of trust, Trustworthiness and Trust Readiness. Each of these two categories has three elements.

A. On a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being high), how high of a level do you want to trust God?

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B. On a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being high), how high is your current level of trust in God?

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C. The following questions will help you assess your trust in God from the perspective of the two categories and the three elements found in each category. The contrasting descriptions are designed to provoke your thinking regarding your trust in God. For each row, indicate what point on the continuum (from 1 to 4) best describes your relationship with God. Circle your answers and calculate your totals for each element of trust.

TRUSTWORTHINESS
Capability – Is God capable?
1. I attempt to hide my shortcomings from God. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I am honest about my shortcomings and bring them to the Lord.
2. I believe God is occasionally interested in my largely insignificant life. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God is present and available to me at anytime.
3. God is powerful, but so is the world. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God is all powerful and has the ability to change the course of my life and the world.
4. I seldom seek God’s voice and often fail listen to what He is saying. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Iseek his voice and listen to his counsel and ever present wisdom.
5. God has some interest in me living a joyful life but lets me drift. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God’s interest are that I live a joyful life and he actively guides my life
6. God is about God and His universe. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God has unlimited love for me.
7. I mainly carry my burdens and cares. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I bring my burdens and cares to God.
Total Score:
Commitment – Is God committed to good and to me?
8. God cares for me in general. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God cares for me specifically and takes pleasure in me.
9. God sometimes listens to my prayers and has a concern for me. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God sacrifices for me.
10. God occasionally concerns Himself with my struggles. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I am of God’s chief concerns and his love for me is immeasurable.
11. God acts without consideration for me. He has bigger issues. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God plans for me and I am in God’s plans.
12. God’s commitments lie outside of our relationship. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God’s love for me is eternal,unbounded and unlimited.
13. Given my sin, sometimes God writes me off. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God’s grace has washed away all my sin.
14. Sometimes God works against me for the benefit of other concerns. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God is my number one supporter.
15. Each of us is in it for ourselves. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God hands are outreached toward me.
Total Score:
Consistency – Is God consistent?
16. I’m not always sure where God stands. Like the Old versus New Testament. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / He says what He means and means what He says.
17. God doesn't keepHis commitments. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Godfollows through on His commitments 100%.
18. His output is uneven and unpredictable. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God delivers the same level of effort in His work 100% of the time.
19. What God does, doesn't match what He says. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Godwalks His talk..
20. His positions vary depending on the person He is talking to or about. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God’s positions are consistent with His espoused core values.
Total Score:
TRUST WILLINGNESS
Willingness to Invest – Actively investing in our relationship?
21. God has little time for me. And my life is pretty full too. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God has endless time for me and wants me to be with Him for eternity.
22. God has tried before to build trust we me, but He has given up. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God welcomes me over and over again, as a father welcomes the son/daughter
23. God is passive in His approach in building trust with me. He is too distant. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Jesus came so I could be in relationship with God.
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Willingness to Examine Assumptions –Knowing what is real?
24. I know a lot about God. And my friends have a lot of opinions on why bad things happen to good people. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I know very little, other than God loves me and wants me to return to him. I do know that Christ died for my sake.
25. I have evidence of God’s indifference in me and the world…lots of evil going on. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I am open to learn about God’s plan for me, although my understanding is limited. I do know he acts out of love for me.
26. I don’t always agree with God or His motives. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I don’t know everything God has planned...but it is out of love for me.
27. You should not cry out in pain or anger to God, better to hide these emotions. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God knows all of our thoughts; I am truly transparent to God
28. I am unlovable at times. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God is love; God has always loved me.
29. My relationship with God is based on a number of untested assumptions. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I seek to know God’s will and he is ready to share His will with me.
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Willingness to Risk – Am I willing to risk on God?
30. I fear losingmy gains to date. I could be worse off if God doesn’t come through for me. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God will come through for me. He always has.
31. I always take the safest path, the path I can see. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I am willing to risk not knowing and giving up on the known.
32. Certain subjects are off limits; I allow God into certain aspects of my life. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I’m honest with God and welcome him in all parts of my life…the good, the bad and the ugly.
33. Being awake to God takes more energy than I have available. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I will not take my eyes off of God and am willing to risk taking my eye off of the world.
34. I trust no decision made without my own input, influence, and self interest. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God will provide for me.
35. I been let down before, I hesitate to trust God again. I’ve taken falls before. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / God has my welfare as His concern, he will not let me fail.
36. Trust goes to zero in new situations. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / I put my life in God’s hands as new chapters unfold.
Total Score:

Assessing the Results

Enter your total score for each section and multiply it by the factor. You will obtain the result on a scale from 1 to 10. The lowest score indicates where progress can best be made in fostering a higher level of trust in God.

Score / Factor / Result
Capability / x 0.36

Commitment

/ x 0.31
Consistency / x 0.5
Total for Trustworthiness

Willingness to Invest

/ x 0.83
Willingness to Examine Assumptions / x 0.42
Willingness to Risk / x 0.36
Total for Trust Willingness