Good Morning All,
Who do you trust? Of the people in your life, who do you
trust? When astronaut Scott Carpenter
was asked about his first take-off into space aboard the Mercury rocket and
what his thoughts were; His response was, “I thought,’ why did they always have
to take the low bidder?’” As the rocket
shook so did his trust. Every day we
drive down the road; we trust that the other driver who is coming at us will
stay on his side of the road. Every day
that we turn on the light switch, we trust that the electricity is still
flowing. Every day we eat some food; we
trust that it is safe for us to do so.
Yet every day, that driver is paying more
attention to some electronic device and not to the road. Every day, with the draw on the electrical
grid; we wonder if this is the day it breaks.
Every day, scientists try to find more reasons that most of what we eat
is actually killing us. As we watch the
news, with all the 24-hour news stations and with the internet and its speed,
with the blurring of the line between reporter and commentator, journalist and
talking head; you wonder if you can trust the information that we receive is
factual. Who do you trust?
Most of us would say that we trust
God. But that leads to the question, who
is your God? Martin Luther defined a god
as this: “A god is that to which we look for all good and in which we find
refuge in every time of need. To have a
god is nothing else than to trust and believe in him with your whole heart…
That to which your heart clings and entrusts itself is, I say, really your
God.” Where do you look for ultimate
security? Is it your spouse or your
parents? Is it your wealth? Is it your intellect? Is it the government? If, in time of need or time of thanks, you
look to one of these first rather than God; those others are your god.
As soon as we look to anything or anyone
for our ultimate comfort and security, they will fail us. These other things, all other things, will
fail because they are of human design and limited by human capacity. The passengers of the Titanic, who trusted that
the ship was unsinkable, learned the cold hard way. God continually invites us to trust in Him
and Him alone. Every other earthly prop
will give way, but God will hold us forever.
Paul wrote,” nothing can separate us from the love of God which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.” The devil will
try but he will not succeed and when we trust in the Lord, truly trust in Him
and His promise; we are truly helped, and our heart will exult, and we can sing
His praises forevermore.
Gracious
and loving Father, in you alone do we have any security or hope. While others make promises they cannot keep,
You alone are true. Forgive us when we
are weak and fail to trust totally in you.
Keep us in your arms and strengthen our walk with You. In Jesus precious name we pray, Amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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