Trust In The Steadfast Love Of God

Psalm 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

I have a set of nice wrenches. They are well made, shiny, and have never failed me. I consider them to be trustworthy because I have used them and they have not failed me. Does that mean I trust them absolutely, of course not? The tools are designed to a set of standards. And as long as I, the operator, use them properly they will perform as expected. But I am human and prone to introducing errors into the process. And under those conditions I have to say they will normally do the job I ask them to do. And when they fail, I will probably blame the tool and not the operator ;-)

How much do you trust God? Is your trust such that you will try & try & try again to accomplish a goal and only when you are exhausted, then will you call on God for help? Is your trust such that you pray, try your best while continually praying and when it does not work out accept it was not God’s will. Or is your trust such that you trust God in all the things that are beyond your control and you handle the rest on your own? Maybe it is some blend of all the above? I guess this last blend would be called situational trust. It is not a good thing to have situational trust.

There is an interesting link between faith and trust. I will borrow some words from Martin Luther to flesh this out. “Faith… is a firm trust that Christ, the Son of God, stands in our place and has taken all out sins upon his shoulders and that he is the eternal satisfaction for our sin and reconciles us with God the Father. He who has this faith… devil nor hell nor sin can harm him. Why? Because God is his protector and defender.”

We simply must trust God in all things. And we must trust Him completely. He has our back and will not let us down. Now that does not mean that we can count on God for helping us win the lottery, unless of course that is the plan God has for us. What we can trust is God loves us; He has a plan for each and every one of us. And He has a happy ending planned for us. We must remember these key facts. To forget these facts leaves a door open for doubt to creep. When doubt is present, then Satan has a great opportunity to lead us astray and off the path God has carefully laid out in front of us to follow. Please brothers and sisters in Christ, let your faith flag fly! In God alone do we place our hope, faith, and trust.

PRAYER: Lord, in You alone do we place our trust today and every day. Amen.