Trust.
It’s a big, flammable issue for most of us, especially if we have come from abuse.
We have gotten burned and damaged, all from trusting the wrong person on important matters.
Sensitive, personal information.
How many times was it weaponized and used against us?
So, yeah, trust is a big issue.
And here is a great place to remind everyone that people lie.
Fabulous. Great pep talk! Thanks!
But there’s a reason why one of the Commandments is about telling fibs:
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
Exodus 20:16
So, why are we shocked and dismayed when, not if, we bump into someone who turns out to be a liar?
Part of it is because we spiritually went looking to buy milk in a hardware store.
We went looking for the perfect, trustworthy person, who will never let us down.
And, in doing so, we set ourselves up for a great big fall.
Do not trust a companion.
“Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
Micah 7:5
We trusted that a person would never let us down
A tall, unrealistic order.
For all of us fall short of the Glory (Romans 3:23).
Most of us don’t see things accurately. We see through a glass darkly (1 Corinthians 13:12).
It’s important to do a self-check.
Who are we counting on?
Why are we counting on them?
What happens when, not if, they let us down?
Where is The Most High in all of this?
Render unto Caesar’s…
“They said to Him, ‘Caesar’s.’ Then He said to them, ‘Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.’”
Matthew 22:21
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.’ And they were amazed at him.”
Mark 12:17
These scriptures are not just about paying the correct tax to the correct government or Kingdom.
It’s about subscribing what rightfully belongs where.
And that includes to whom and to where we go for love, comfort, validation, attention, assurance…
The list goes on.
Who/What is Our substitute for an occupancy that only The Most High can hold?
We all place someone or something else there, in His place, at different moments of our lives.
And, in doing so, we are subject to the failings, the pain, and the lies that come with believing “aperson, place, or thing” will meet those Holy needs.
You and I know, on some level, looking elsewhere won’t work.
“For I am Elohim, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.”
Malachi 3:6
We went to the hardware store, looking for milk.
It just doesn’t happen.
We are still thirsty, and even more frustrated.
“Let The Most High be true, and every man be a liar.”
But awareness gets us to the first step in the right direction.
We need to turn from our pursuits to Him.
“Certainly not! Indeed, let The Most High be true but every man a liar...”
Romans 3:4
People and things will let us down. We believe in the lie that they won’t.
But only The Most High is unfailing.
Nothing and no one else is.
“The Most High is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Numbers 23:19
Let’s pray.
ABBA-
We come to You, in The Name of Your Son, Our Savior, Yahshua.
You know that we are searching.
We search for love, attention, security, fulfillment, peace, and happiness.
And You know that we too often go searching for it apart from you.
In other people and in other things.
And none of it works.
Forgive us for doing this, for not turning to You.
Forgive all our sins.
We are stumbling in our weaknesses, and we need Your Help.
Help us to seek and to know You.
Thank You.
We receive it all, in The Name of Yahshua.
AMEN.
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