Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Job 13:15 (NKJV)
Trust is an interesting conviction, perspective – whatever you call it – to have. I think we are getting more and more sparing when it comes to giving our sense of trust away. We make people earn trust – tested beforehand. If proven to be trustworthy, then trust is released. However, you can’t really prove trust until it is given. You can’t test something that isn’t being tried.
This is the position Job found himself in. Having once been wealthy in land and heart, Job lost everything and found himself questioned by his closest friends and spiritual leaders. But he kept on trusting God. He trusted that no matter what the earthly outcome of His life would be, God was ultimately in control and would work all things together for Job's good and His own glory. In the midst of circumstantial deviation, he kept his trust alive and well, allowing it to be proven and tried.
I’m not encouraging you to be irresponsible with your trust and give it out without a thought or care in the world… Trust thoughtfully and carefully with wisdom and counsel. Listen to Jesus and your own intuition when it comes to making decisions of trust and faith in others. But also know that in the ‘workings of trust’ you will experience failure, disappointment, heartache, joy, relief, faithfulness – all of it. No one man is completely trustworthy due to our fallible nature. But that should drive us all the more to trust in Jesus above all and everyone else – The One who remains faithful in the face of faithlessness… The One who works all things together for your good and His glory, who empowers your weakness with strength, who surrounds your heart and mind with an unearthly, unexplainable peace.
Whatever your situation is right now – it may seem like God has abandoned you, it may seem hopeless and full of death – keep your trust in God alive. Don’t throw it out with your bad circumstances. Trust will hold you upright in tragedy, devastation, challenge and testing. Keep your eyes on Jesus who will prove Himself faithful and trustworthy, just as He did to Job, restoring to him in abundance, what he had lost.
