How many of us would trust someonewith our most prized possession? Who would you trust with your life? Trust isoften misunderstood and misrepresented, and its definition can vary dependingon who we are speaking to, or who is using it. Trust gives the utmost confidenceand allows us to confide unconditionally in someone else. That is supposing wecast aside our inhibitions. I can recall when I was a senior in high school andhad a healthy head of hair, three (3) maybe four (4) inches in length. A goodfriend, whose name remains protected under the circumstance, Wimberly Kite,convinced me that she knew how to cut hair. All I needed was a trim, just thebad edges. I did not ask for her qualifications, her word was enough. As I sat,I did not think anything of it, until the clumps of hair began to fall to the floor.I knew I should have gone straight home. I did not have the heart or courage totell her, she messed me up (very badly). Reality set in upon arriving home, asmy aunt laughed me to scorn, and called me “plug”, as I was noticeably missinglarge patches of hair. My grandfather had a rusty set of Oster clippers, and Icould not find the oil, I immediately went to work. Soon after, between theintermittent pause of buzzing the once movable blades were now lockedpermanently in place from the friction caused by the heat. My hair was hair wasruined, because of misplaced trust. Soon thereafter, I threw caution to thewind and decided it was better just to cut it all off. To answer theinquisitive nature of your question, Yes I was completely bald, realizing theshame and humiliation Samson must have suffered at the hands of Delilah. Trustis indeed fragile. That is why even today, I never sleep in the barber chair.Listening intently as the clippers make each pass. Of course, I am weary whenit comes to barbers, but that is how we all are when someone has injured thesacredness of our trust.
Why is trust so difficult? Scripturereminds, over and again to trust God, but put no confidence in the flesh(neither ours nor someone else’s, as they are sure to disappoint).
Today’s episode is titled.
Trust God
Psalm 146:3-6
3 Do not put your trust in princes,in mortal men, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, theyreturn to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD hisGod, 6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything inthem-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
Trusting God is one of those truths we think we understand until weare called upon to do it. We then discover that there is more to it than werealized.
Our trust, like Fort Knox, is exhaustedlyguarded, a reflection of our frailties and insecurities, as we tirelessly buildfortified walls and fences about our lives, as a means to prohibit others fromseeing what’s on the other side. Our trust is plagued with questions, whatdo they want; why are they talking to me now, forever cloaked in suspicion.However our fellowship with God should not be such. He insists that wesurrender. He compels us to follow.
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