“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but
we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” (Psalm 20:7 NIV)
Everyone trusts something. The question is,
what — or who — do you trust?
Our society tends to spurn trust — or at least
we say we do. We’re skeptical of everyone and everything. We don’t trust the
government. Employees don’t trust employers. Customers don’t trust businesses.
When you get down to the bottom of the decline of trust today, you’ll find that
our society’s “truth decay” is a big part of it.
Truth and trust go together. You trust people
who tell you the truth. You don’t trust people if you don’t think they’re
telling you the truth. And if you don’t believe in absolute truth, then you
can’t trust anyone to tell you the truth.
Our lack of trust causes us tremendous stress
in life. We were born to trust. God wired us with the capacity and desire to
trust in something greater than ourselves because he wanted us to have a
relationship with him.
If you don’t trust God, you will create
something else to trust. It may be a diploma on the wall, money in the bank,
your spouse, your career, or a hobby. This desire to trust in something larger
than ourselves is nothing new either. The biblical writers were keenly aware of
it in their cultures as well. The Bible says in Psalm 20:7, “Some trust in
chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (NIV).
The Bible has a word for whatever we place our
trust in rather than God. The Bible calls it an “idol.” God’s Word says that,
for our own good, we need to stay away from idols: “For your own good ... do not sin by making for yourselves an idol in
any form” (Deuteronomy 4:15b-16a GNT).
Source: Rick Warren
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