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January 09

Trust is one of those precious qualities that make life so worthwhile. And yet . . . we have to admit, sorrowfully, that the mark of trust is becoming less obvious in our day. We have to trust, and yet we must be careful as to whom we trust.

God’s Word has a good deal to say about trust. For example, of Daniel, who was an administrator in the king’s service, the Bible says that his enemies tried to find something in his life for which they could criticize and destroy him. In Daniel 6:4b, these words are found: “They could find no corruption in him [Daniel] because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt, nor negligent.” We wish often that we could have that kind of trust in those who govern us these many centuries later. Some are most trustworthy; others, sadly, are not. We do get an opportunity to choose—at the ballot box.

“Do not trust in deceptive words,” writes the prophet Jeremiah. God’s people of ancient times were warned not to trust in the pagan power of the pharaoh of Egypt. As the book of 2 Kings 18:21 states: “Look now, you are depending on Egypt that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces a man’s hand and wounds him if he leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.” God’s people trusted Pharaoh against God’s expressed order . . . and Pharaoh let them down.

Some do let us down from time to time, but there is always One in whom we can place complete trust. Over twenty times in the Psalms, the Psalmist calls on us to put our trust in the Lord, who is fully trustworthy. He writes: “In God I trust; I will not be afraid” (Psalm 56:11a). And from Psalm 62, verse 8: “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.”

It is marvelous to enjoy trust in one another, but surer still is the trust in our God who will never, never let us down . . . in time or eternity.