Who do you trust?

To "trust" means to have faith, or believe in the reliability of someone or something

Personally "trust" is a very startling word. It usually takes a lot to trust someone, because disappointment seems inevitable in this world we inhabit presently. Therefore people have consciously or unconsciously chosen to "trust" no one else expect themselves. But that isn't always the case, since sometimes we place our trust in idols. Because of this misplaced trust we find ourselves getting disappointed.

Proverbs 3:5-6 says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight" 

Let me ask a question, and I want us all to do an honest "reality check", even if you have heard this question time and time again. Now the question is what have we placed our trust in? Is it school, friends, family, validation from social media sites, food, clothing, attention, sleep, compliments, parties, or even your significant other?  Anything we put above or trust in more than God is an idol. Sometimes we trust in the pleasure of things/people, or seek validation from others to make us feel better or dare I say to tell us the difference between "right" and "wrong". When really we need to refer back to the bible to get our answers, because worldly advice and validation can only go so far but the word of God is everlasting. 

Numbers 23:19 says "God is not human, that He should lie, not a human being that He should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and then not fulfill? 

Then Isaiah 55:10-11 goes on to reassure us saying "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater. So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."

 Let’s take a poll, how many people including you make promises and keep them 100% of the time? NONE except God! Sometimes we get scared to trust God but if we genuinely examine the reasoning behind that we would find nothing valid. Why? Because even if we evaluate God's track record, from the beginning of the world till today He has kept His promise every single time. In God’s timing we have the victory in EVERY obstacle we face. So I ask that we pray to God to show us those things we have placed above Him and to draw us closer so we can walk in the purpose He has spoken over our lives.