Who will you trust?

All four ceiling fans seemed to be preparing for take-off. They keep the air moving, making it harder to smell the oil and gasoline wafting in from the garage. A big window on the north wall promises transparency, though very few of us know what we’re looking at. Men in greasy dark blue pants with overstretched red shirts. They move together like synchronized swimmers who have never practiced in the same pool.

A young man behind the counter has a limp, as an apparent victim of a rebellious car tire, or so I imagine. The single lady wearing a light overcoat seems a little out of place on this 70 degree day. She seemed more out of place in this room. Surrounded by middle aged men, who at least tried to carry themselves like they knew what was going on.

Bad News

I was sitting there when the news came to her. “It can’t be fixed,” they said. That’s what she heard as she was sitting scrolling through her phone. I wondered if she was looking for answers, or if she was hiding from the invoice that would soon have her name printed at the top?

Finally, she defended herself with, “it was just a small nail.” The limping counter guy said, “yes, but the sidewall was damaged. It was driven flat, or at least too low on air.” “Who hasn’t driven with a tire low on air?,” I argued for her in my head.

Let’s be honest, we’ll never know. After all, if a tire isn’t shredded or cracked, how does one know if the sidewall was damaged? All we know is that they aren’t putting that tire back on the car. And on most of today’s modern cars, you can’t replace just one. So, a flat repair turns into a multi-hundred dollar expense – all without knowing.

Not Knowing

So much of life is lived without us really knowing. Our expertise and experience is so limited that we have to decide to trust. This is true in home repairs, doctor visits, and restaurants. But what about the most important parts of life? What about understanding our purpose? What about questions of faith, God, and the eternal? These are things too big to leave to our limited understanding.

Who, or what is worthy of our trust?

We can trust God’s Word.
“Those who devise wicked schemes are near,
But they are far from your law.
Yet you are near, O Lord,
And all your commands are true.” Psalm 119:150-151

The book many of us hold in our hands, or have sitting on our shelves is trustworthy. How do we know? Well, we can look through the ages and see generations of women and men who have tested what’s written in its pages and found life. If we’re open we too find as we read it and reflect on it, it rings true. God reveals an order to life that He’s created and He shows us the consequence of chaos, when we step out of that order.

God’s book can be trusted because God can be trusted. The writer of Hebrews assures us, “it is impossible for God to lie,” (Hebrews 6:18). God promised us that we can trust him.
Do you trust Him and His Word?

It may not always be possible to know if you really need a tire. But it is possible to be sure the God of the universe loves you. And that Christ has secured new life and forgiveness for you through His death and resurrection. It is possible to know that He will provide for you, so even if someone else is taking advantage, He is taking note.

We live in a complicated world that demands we trust others. And while sometimes others will fail us, we can be assured God in His great love will not.

Favorite Promises

Here are some of my favorite promises that I put my trust in.

1) For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son. So that whoever believes in Him, will not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

2) I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

3) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

4) The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever. (Isaiah 40:8)

5) Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)

6) But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. Hebrews 12:22-24

I thank God for His Word. I thank God that it perfectly reflects his nature. I pray that you will find joy in the promises of God’s Word and the assurance that He is trustworthy and true.

What Are Your Favorites?

While we will have to trust others at times and we will question if we did the right thing. There is One we can trust! I invite you to comment below with the promises of God’s Word that you’re holding onto now! And let me know how you have found him to be trustworthy.