Proverbs 3:5-6 says to "Trust in the Lord will all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." (NASB)
I was reminded once again just how much trust we put into people, and how much trust people put into us. I know there are those who are supposed to trust me, and I know that I am trustworthy with them, and yet I nay never be able to prove that trust 100%, all the time. Put it this way, I know I can be trusted, but only I know exactly to what extent; and if people have doubts, I have probably somewhere along the line given ample reason for that. You and I are alike that way. Trust is a rare commodity today. Perhaps there is a good reason for that.
Perhaps the object of our trust is typically US, not HIM. God tells us to trust Him, with everything we have, to our fullest extent (with all our heart). If we do so, He says He will direct us, guide us, "make our paths straight." That's a big "IF", and when we do so, the word is 'will', He WILL hold up His end of the bargain. Bottom line, He can be trusted. And the way I figure, if we trust Him more, we'll trust each other more, and we'll behave in such ways as to earn that trust from others, because the Lord will be (WILL be) directing our paths.
Easy, never simple.
Holding fast to the Name of our Creator
