Trust God

How many of us would trust someone with our most prized possession? Who would you trust with your life? Trust is often misunderstood and misrepresented, and its definition can vary depending on who we are speaking to, or who is using it. Trust gives the utmost confidence and allows us to confide unconditionally in someone else. That is supposing we cast aside our inhibitions. I can recall when I was a senior in high school and had a healthy head of hair, three (3) maybe four (4) inches in length. A good friend, 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 the bad 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 to tell her, she messed me up (very badly). Reality set in upon arriving home, as my aunt laughed me to scorn, and called me “plug”, as I was noticeably missing large patches of hair. My grandfather had a rusty set of Oster clippers, and I could not find the oil, I immediately went to work. Soon after, between the intermittent pause of buzzing the once movable blades were now locked permanently in place from the friction caused by the heat. My hair was hair was ruined, because of misplaced trust. Soon thereafter, I threw caution to the wind and decided it was better just to cut it all off. To answer the inquisitive nature of your question, Yes I was completely bald, realizing the shame and humiliation Samson must have suffered at the hands of Delilah. Trust is 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 when it comes to barbers, but that is how we all are when someone has injured the sacredness of our trust. Why is trust so difficult? Scripture reminds, 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, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, 6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever. Trusting God is one of those truths we think we understand until we are called upon to do it. We then discover that there is more to it than we realized. Our trust, like Fort Knox, is exhaustedly guarded, a reflection of our frailties and insecurities, as we tirelessly build fortified walls and fences about our lives, as a means to prohibit others from seeing what’s on the other side. Our trust is plagued with questions, what do 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 we surrender. He compels us to follow.