Trust

   Trust is something we all seek but is hard to find in society today.  We want to trust our friends and family but many times we are disappointed by their betrayal of our trust.  It would be ideal to be able to trust those politicians we elect but we have found them unworthy of our trust.  Even within our churches we sometimes find a lack of fidelity leading to hesitancy in trusting.

   A husband and wife should be the picture of trust yet far too often that trust is betrayed as well.  Those couples who live a life of trust are shining examples of what true love and faith in one another and in God can accomplish.  Yet it seems many don’t accept and live the vows taken at the altar of matrimony.  The blessings of a faithful marriage are easily destroyed by disloyalty.  Once betrayed, the trust of a spouse is difficult, if not impossible to regain.

   I see the lack of trust and trustworthiness as a result of our broken relationship with God.  From the beginning of time, through history and continuing today the bond of trust between us and God has suffered due to our failures.  Our trust in God suffers because we can’t find it within ourselves to truly trust anyone or anything.  Still, there are two in whom we can always trust.

   We can trust Satan to do everything in his power to turn us from God.  He will continue his attempts to undermine our trust in God until the end of time.  He is the direct cause of our lack of trust.  Adam and Eve were convinced by Satan that even God couldn’t be trusted; that the Lord had lied to them about the tree of knowledge.  They believed him and turned from the relationship of trust they had with God.  Still today, he strives to convince us that no one, not even God, can be trusted.

   Thankfully, there is one in whom we can place our trust and never be disappointed.  God never goes back on His word, He never lies to us or betrays the trust we place in Him.  If ever we doubt Him it is because of our own weakness and the efforts of Satan.  He has been betrayed by us from the beginning of time yet remains faithful to us.  He waits with love, forgiveness and mercy for all who look to Him in faith and trust.

   We need to trust if we are to find true friendship and love.  In God we can find all the trust and love we could ever hope to possess.

   “For the Lord’s word is true, all his works are trustworthy.”  (Psalm 33: 4)