The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling

Trusting Trust~

Trust is a difficult proposition. One one hand most of us want to truth something or someone. Yet, we hae all been bitten by trust that has been abused. This has set up a cognititive dissonance situation in our minds where when we are put into a situation that demands trust we often act by faith instead, and say we will try this 'one more time'. Confusing faith for trust has gotten all of us in trouble.

Trust is something that is learned over time, it is not learn in the spur of the moment. Getting through those first tenuous years of marriage is difficult, because in every marriage there are times when you wonder if you can actually trust your partner. Getting beyone these moments is what makes a marriage work. Giving the other person the 'benefit of doubt' allows for the time it take to turn faith into that much more satisfying place that is whole hearted and unadulterated trust.

It appears that this is why Jesus used the identity of the marriage covenant as a metaphor for His relationship with His Kingdom. God never waivers in His commitment, but His Kingdom still has a difficult time believing that God will accomplish what He said in developing a RIGHTEOUS Kingdom on the earth, and as a member of that Kingdom believing that it is actually possible for you to become righteous in fact, or indeed need to do that in the first place. Jesus said in John 3:19-21 that we must learn by doing Truth, and trust that in doing so we will gain the goal He sets before us.

Trust is a two edged sword: no one likes to be in situations where one must 'trust' in the Lord in order to get through, because those are always tough situations. Yet without those very situations we would not be able to develop the trust that it takes to accept the blessings that the Lord has in store for us found in those situations. Hmm! Maybe that is where we get all of our battle scars?