Trust

“Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.” Isaiah 26:4

Last week in my Oral Communications class, we talked about relationships with friends. My teacher said something that I had to think about for a while. “In college,” she said, “strong relationships are hard to come by because we are studying and our main focus is our career and studies (for most of us anyway).” She continued to say, “Because of this, the strong relationships we do have and the few really strong relationships we make in college become even more valuable to us.” Now obviously at most colleges people tend to make a lot of friends. But I believe she was specifically talking about your best friends and family. The ones you will always stay in contact with and who have earned your complete trust (and viceversa). I was thinking about how many friends I have like that—and I have a few who are not family on that list. Friends like this tend to be considered like family in our heads anyway. What struck me about what my instructor said was that when we are in a spot where we need someone like that, we value those people more than ever. And with family often a good distance away, the number of these strong friendships dwindles even more. Now, I don’t entirely agree with what she was saying, but here is what I was thinking when she said this. Often our relationship with God is similar to this. When we are in trouble and everyone else has let us down, we turn to God. When we have nothing and no one else to rely on, we tend to value our relationship with God so much more. What I do a lot is wait till everything and everyone else fails me before I turn to God. I can’t help but wonder why I wait until I need God the most to trust in Him. Shouldn’t we always trust in God, in good and bad times. Pastors, at least with me, are right when they say that people tend to use God as an “easy button.” As annoying as it is to hear those types of sermons and the verses that come with them over and over again, they are so true. Many times it is the verses we have heard and read a million times that we never hear or read enough. The key thing to remember relates to Isaiah 26:4 (posted above) and Proverbs 3:5-6 (“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will keep your paths straight.). Remember that God has never failed us, nor will He ever fail us. His faithfulness will outlast everything. So put your trust in Him.