Trust

Where is your trust? Or should I say, who do you find your trust in? Has your trust been broken? Have you broken the trust of others? I think everyone can relate in some way to the failure of trust in their life. Some of you may have experienced this when you were younger, some may have experienced it a couple years ago, and some may be going through it right now. Trust is defined as, "reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety of a person or thing; confidence." Another definition of trust is, "something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping."

Unfortunately, but fortunately, the Lord is teaching me greatly about trusting others. "It is better to take refuge in the Lord, than to trust in man." Psalm 118:8. "Some trust in chariots, some trust in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God." Psalm 20:7. In both of these scriptures, the emphasis is placing our trust in the Lord. I read recently that our deepest loyalty must be to the Father. This is obvious, right? You would think, but I don't know if it's that easy. We have to figure in our closest friends, we have to figure in family, we have to figure in spouses, we have to figure in those who we feel a true bond to. I believe our trust, consciously or subconsciously is given to people here on earth. In some ways, I think we put so much trust in others, where we feel as though they can do no wrong (again consciously or subconsciously). This swings open the door for heartache, brokenness, misunderstanding, frustration, hurt ect. I have been reminded recently that again the Word says, "It is better to take refuge in the Lord, than to trust in man." As hard as it may be to read this and think about, man will always fail you. I have failed people, and people have failed me.

I am not trying to say that we cannot trust anyone here on earth, but what I want to encourage you with is that our deepest trust must remain in the One who will never fail us. Our God is faithful. Jesus continues to remind me these days of the difference between Him and "man." I am thankful that we serve a Father who is perfect, holy, righteous, pure, loving, and ever so worthy of our praise. Blessed be His name...

Love deeply