Trust is a powerful factor in relationships. Trust engenders honor. Trust ascribes value. Trust says you are important. Trust says I’ve checked you out and you have character and integrity. Psalm 118:8 (AMPC) says: “It is better to trust and take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” This is not saying that we cannot trust people. There are trustworthy people around us. It is saying that we need to primarily trust God and His word. He has to be first. If we trust what people say over what God says, it will lead us astray. When God is the bedrock of our lives, nothing people say or do will lead us astray. Jeremiah 17:5 (AMP) says: “Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, and whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord”. Note how the prophet emphasizes that we must stay away from trusting in weak, faulty flesh. We are not to allow “flesh” to turn our hearts away from the Lord. So today, we need to make a personal assessment and see where our trust is. If it is in the wrong place, today is the perfect day to make the needed adjustment. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths”. Proverbs 3:5,6.
He is our Heavenly Father!
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” Today, God reminds you that He honors His promises. In our experience, we most likely remember someone that promised us something, yet they failed to honor their promise. I have also heard some call God, “the man upstairs.” He is not a “man” who is subject to failure and deceit. We need to honor God with the greatest respect that we can muster. He is not a “mere” man. He is Almighty God, worthy of all praise and glory! And finally, tomorrow is Father’s Day. We take time out to honor fathers in this nation, but remember that God is our Heavenly Father, and He loves us with an eternal love, so make sure you get out to church tomorrow and honor your “Heavenly Father.”
Happy Father’s Day!
