Trust is very difficult for many adults. Maybe it is because of some negative experiences with people they trusted in their childhood. Charles Wesley often told his brother John, “If the Lord gave me wings, I’d fly”. His brother John Wesley replied, “If God bids me fly, I will trust Him for the wings.” It is stupid to trust in someone that is not trustworthy. Trust is at the root of all good relationships. It is not even safe to rely on what we think we know, because even we can let ourselves down. There is one person who will never betray our trust. It is always safe with all our heart to trust in the Lord.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know.”
Proverbs 3:5 GNB
E. Schuyler English wrote about a man who lived on Long Island. One day he fulfilled a lifelong ambition by ordering a very expensive barometer. When the instrument arrived at his house, he was extremely disappointed to find that the indicating needle appeared to be stuck, pointing to the section on the barometer marked "HURRICANE." After shaking the barometer vigorously several times, he sat down and wrote an angry letter to the store that he had purchased the instrument from. The following morning on the way to his office in New York City, he mailed the letter. That evening he returned to Long Island to find not only the barometer missing, but his house as well. The barometer's needle had been right; there was a hurricane!
This man did not trust the barometer to tell him the truth, like many people do not trust God’s Word. Wise people realize that while it is not always safe to trust in instruments or people, it always pays to trust in the LORD.
Alvin J. Yoder
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