Trust. Five little letters, one huge, scary and very intimidating word.
Trust is a never-ending work in progress.
We’re forever working at trusting ourselves. It’s true–some of us can’t be in the same room with even a slice of decadent chocolate cake. It wouldn’t last–we’d cave so fast! We don’t trust that we’ll succeed, that we’d do a good job with the task at hand. How do I know? All the negative self-talk says plenty. If we believed, if we trusted ourselves to do well, we wouldn’t bash the idea before it even got off the ground.
As if trusting ourselves isn’t challenge enough; we have to trust others. From the moment we wake up until we fall asleep, except if you’re a hermit, your day is spent trusting people. You’re trusting that the electricity will be available to you as you turn on your light, boot up your computer, adjust the thermostat, and so on. You’re trusting that the morning news is accurate, as well as the weather report. You’re trusting that the other drivers on the road, the other riders on the bus or train will handle their business and stay alert, avoiding any collision with you. You work, study, interact with people that you need to trust. There’s a constant second guessing going on in the back of your mind at times, right?
To top it off, God gets the brunt of our distrust. We transfer all of our negative words, our negative emotions, our uncertainties onto Him. We act like He can’t be trusted because we can’t trust the people around us.
Do we ever have it upside down, inside out and oh so backwards.
God designed trust. He cannot lie. In fact, one of the commandments straight up says no to lie. God is the only One who has ever kept all the promises He’s ever made. He is our standard, our measuring stick as to how we should trust…
