The Importance of Trust

Without trust, life and relationships can resemble a house of cards, unstable in most every way.  The wonderful thing about friends, family members, and spouses is not only mutual trust and respect, but it’s the personal influence they have on each other.

Varying types of personalities can touch other personalities in constructive and positive ways.  People strengthen one another, but trust is earned, which takes time to culminate.

I’m sure you’ve heard the adage, “opposites attract.”  I believe it to be so.  My wife’s personality is at the other end of the spectrum from mine.  Some of her weak areas are my strong points, and vice versa.

We support and help each other, while we appreciate and level out our differences.  We work well as a team in decision making and working through life’s challenges.  We have learned to trust each other’s judgement when we take time to communicate and talk things over.

(Proverbs 11:14), “Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.”

I know we are to be wise in the choices we make and be harmless as a dove, but a person should not bury their head in the sand and refuse to face life head-on.  Hoping that situations will go away on their own is foolish thinking, in my opinion.

Let’s face it, there is good sense, bad sense, and no sense at all.  I endeavor to be in the first category of having good sense.  I told my wife that I would rather have common sense than a high I.Q. like some people that exhibit little or no sense at all.

Don’t take me wrong, there are smart people everywhere that are blessed with good sense, but I have met intellectuals that had their heads in the clouds when it came to common sense.  They seldom trust what others have to say and reject sound advice.

Yes, it is important that we know our limitations and trust our own decision making when facing things that life brings our way, but a person needs to learn how to trust the council of others, that is if the ones offering advice possess good sense.

There is nothing wrong with education and bolstering one’s knowledge, while honing their skills and becoming astute in learning, but when a person focuses on their own knowledge alone, they may find themselves separated from others, because of their intellectual self-centered, my way or the highway type attitude. 

This type of approach to situations can lead to self-indulgent thinking, which tells me that they have a lot to learn with regards to open-mindedness.  They may sincerely think they have all the answers as they refuse to trust sound minds, sound judgement, and good sense of others, but do they? 

I believe self-centered people need to experience a few trips around the ‘block of hard knocks’ that teaches it’s okay to listen to wise council.  As I see it, those that sit idle in their self-made cocoon is “cutting off their nose to spite their face” as the saying goes.

I have met people that are so educated and self-absorbed in themselves that they don’t have a clue regarding the phrase, “where the rubber meets the road” concept.  They lack practical experience and have not learned the value of listening instead of doing all the talking.

When I was younger, a close friend said this to me, “A person learns more when they shut their mouth and listen rather than running it all the time.”  I wonder if he was trying to tell me something.  Anyway, his statement gave me food for thought and I took it to heart.  It was great advice because I trusted his candor and wisdom.

If people that doubt would practice this type of reasoning, they could then learn the art of trusting others.  If they refuse to listen, it becomes hard for them to deal with the simple things in life, because they do not have the practical skills that listening brings.

No-one has all the answers.  If a student or anyone is not careful about that matter, they can lose themselves when seeking knowledge.  Life can become skewed when listening to one sided indoctrination that is spewed by teachers, professors, and people knocking at the front door with their one-sided agenda.

These people want to tell us how to live and think, while criticizing our way of thinking if it fails to line up with theirs.  We must remain true to ourselves and stay in tune with our values and convictions when we open our mind to the teachings and philosophy of others.

We must insist on being the author of our own story.  The following is something good to remember.  Consider the source of any information received and trust the common sense that God gave you that enables us to stay on the right track and not be detoured, deceived, or misled in any way from the truth.

If we stay true to ourselves, we will not lose our values and self-worth to someone else’s point of view who, themselves, may be lacking common sense or truthful facts.  We need to trust, but verify, and not take anything at face value, because of another person’s status or supposed intelligence. 

We need to guard against taking things for granted as to their validity until we verify, coupled with fact checking.  This exercise in self-preservation falls under the heading of ‘being wise’.

(Proverbs 3:5-7), “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;” (vs 6) “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” (vs 7) “Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.”

Without faith it is impossible to please God.  I believe faith and trust are synonymous with each other.  I have learned to trust the Bible, through faith, as being absolute truth—factual in every way.

There are intellectuals, and so-called scholars that claim the Bible is full of contradictions and exaggerated events that are presented as truth.  These same people purposely misconstrue the concept of right vs. wrong.

In man’s attempt to usurp God’s authority and renounce the Bible as God’s word, wrong is becoming right and right is becoming wrong, because of the evilness in the heart of man.  Evil does not want us to trust the haven of truth—the Bible. 

They put forward false doctrine that supposed truths contradict sound thinking, and that Jesus was nothing more than just a man rather than God incarnated in human form.  Trust me, the above carnal thinking is false teaching and lacks the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

False declarations need to be exposed as heresy and totally rejected lest we fall into doubt, thus leaving trust by the wayside.   I see this vomiting of filth for what it is, Satan’s attempt to deceive those that may be wavering in trust.  We must stand firm and realize the importance of trusting God’s word.

To trust any other demonic rhetoric or anyone that spouts anti-Christ philosophies is nonsensical.  Like I said, we must be wise and not take things or statements at face value just because someone has a degree after their name, or even if they say they are a prophet sent from God.  If what they say goes contrary to the Bible, it is from the devil.

Trust God’s Word.  It is infallible and was written by holy men of God, that were breathed upon by the Holy Spirit when they penned words of Truth.  It is our road map that leads to heaven.

(Psalm 119:105), “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

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Papa Boyd