Who do you trust?
July 23, 2008
Back in my childhood there was a show called 'Who Do You Trust.' In it you had to decide if you would answer a question or trust your partner to get the correct answer. I do not remember it well (except the premise) but it came to mind today as I was looking over the scriptures. Trust is a universal problem spanning not only the world but time itself.
Isaiah 31:1 MKJV
(1) Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!
People want to trust in things. They want to trust the government to take care of their financial problems (look at the energy and housing crisis in the United States). They want to trust the schools to educate their children. They want to trust their family members to support them when things go bad.
In some cases, the trust they seek is there, in too many it is not. But that is where God steps in. We can always trust in God. In Isaiah's day, people wanted to trust that another government with their strong horses and armies would rescue them. They had not learned yet to trust in God. Because of that, they would fail.
Have you learned to trust God yet?
Read through the Bible in historical order in one year
Today
Isaiah 31:1-34:17
Isaiah 35:1-36:22
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