What Do You Trust? – Paul Chappell
This morning’s devotional, “Daily in the Word”, was a great reminder. Oh, what PEACE comes when we realize we can completely trust the Lord in every aspect of our lives.
Saturday, Mar 18, 2017
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.”
Psalm 37:3–6
Faith is ultimately only as good as the object of faith. No matter how sincere we are in our belief, if what we trust is not reliable, we will be disappointed. Many people trusted Bernie Madoff with their money only to find themselves with nothing. Because the Titanic was thought to be unsinkable, the great ship only carried enough lifeboats for half of the passengers. Many people thought that the sun would never set on the British Empire. No matter how sincerely these beliefs were held, they were proven to be wrong.
D. L. Moody said, “Trust in yourself, and you are doomed to disappointment. Trust in your friends, and they will die and leave you. Trust in money, and you may have it taken from you. Trust in reputation, and some slanderous tongue may blast it. But trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.”
The only object of faith that has never failed is the eternally unchanging God that we serve. When we trust what He has promised, we will never find our faith unrewarded. “Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant” (1 Kings 8:56). No matter who else fails you or lets you down, you can always trust in God. He is ever faithful, and He never lets His children down.