Trust….five letter put together that could build a strong life or destroy a community. So what is trust really? Here are a few quotes: Trust is letting go of needing to know all the details before you open your heart. Author Unknown. “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” Robert E. Lee. “Trust, but verify.” Ronald Reagan. “I really can’t trust someone that always is right, but I know I can trust someone who is willing to be wrong.” Jack Frost. Definition is firm belief in the reliability or strength of someone or something. Lexicon states it is to set one’s hope and confidence upon.
It seems that as we walk through our daily life trust is one of the main ingredients. When trust is broken, only God can heal. Proverbs 3: 5-6 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. So what does THAT really mean?
I believe trust is when you completely let go of everything and fall so intimately and deeply in love with God. You feel what He is feeling, see what He is seeing, hear what He is hearing, smell what He is smelling, taste what He is tasting, and say what He is saying. Someone once told me that they were in ‘denial’. They are in denial to satan, their ONLY reality is God. The Kingdom reality is where they want to live and dwell. Spending time, talking, romancing, laughing, recognizing, acknowledging, and being with God ALL the time, in every moment (awake and in dreams), is where trust becomes a part of your being. It becomes our insight, our understanding. Then when you are blindsided by life, you know that you know, your trust and hope is in God and there is peace. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Creator calls a butterfly.
A father told his daughter to hold his hand. The little girl said, “No, You hold my hand.” The father inquired what was the difference. The daughter said, “If I hold your hand, chances are that I may let go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, YOU will never let my hand go.” I know that my Daddy is holding my hand and the essence of trust is in that bond.
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