Reality
TV has a special quality to it. It’s real. I love to see the interaction
between people and what is said and not said. It is really a fascinating study
on people and our relationships with one another. Survivor is my long-time
running favorite reality show. Last night, a tribe member that was in a 5 girl
alliance made the choice of going to another girl in the alliance and
suggested voting out another girl in the alliance that she was personally
getting annoyed with because of all her strategy talk. Unfortunately, the girl
she told went to “annoying” girl and told her. The “annoying” girl
went to the girl that started this all and asked her if she talked to so and so
about voting her off. The girl that started this all chose at that moment to
lie. At tribal council, it was mentioned in the discussion that “trust has to
be earned”. And yes, they voted out the girl that broke the trust. This morning as I was thinking on this statement I was able to see
how our trust in God works in the same way as with others. Trust is earned.
When we meet someone for the first time, some of us more than others will be
more naturally trusting but the truth is that it will take some time and
getting to know this person before a real trust is formed. This real trust,
however, must be maintained. If you lie to a person like this girl did, that
other person has lost their trust in you and it will take more time and effort
to regain that trust. The beginnings of trusting God will come more easily for some depending on what has happened in their life and what kind of foundation if any was built with learning about God as children. But to
get to that “real” trust you have to get to know God. The more you study and
pray, the more time you are spending working on building up the “real” trust, the deeper that trust will go.
You have to keep working on getting to the point where you really know God and
with that knowing you will have a “real” deep trust in Him. The things that
happen to us in this world will not shake you. You will be able to overcome all
trials and tribulations because you know God is always with you, never fails
you and will never forsake you. Evaluate your trust in God this week and commit
to working on building up the “real” trust through prayer and study in His
word. The reward of having that trust is valuable beyond measure.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your
heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
No comments:
Post a Comment