Trusting

I was praying for someone the other day who has been through a lot of yuck. Unfortunately, we can be let down by those we think we can trust. The thought came to my mind that there are different levels of trust we put in people and those of course we put our highest trust in cause us the most grief and heart ache when they betray or fail us in some way.

 It's ironic that the One we can trust the most is often in our culture the One who is trusted the least. And even amongst us church folk, we can lose trust in His goodness, His love, and His integrity pretty quickly. And becasue we should be able to trust Him the most, it causes the most damage when we lose that trust in His very character.

But a truth blasted through that we can trust in His love because He always always acts from a character that is never self-centred. He truly never does anything for His own benefit. Everything that He does is others-centered. Just look at the cross.


Now, when I feel let down by God - "surely You could have  intervened here God" - I force myself to remember He is not self-centred. His love is perfect - even though mine is not.

Rom 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
NIV