September 5, 2022

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5)

We bought a 20 year old car with 240,000 miles on it – without taking it to our mechanic to check it out!!! We trusted the guy who sold it to us. He said his mechanic gave it the thumbs up. After a few days, the car wouldn’t start, so we had it towed to our mechanic. Our mechanic said the car is rusted out underneath and unfit to drive.

We are idiots, and idiots now with less money in our pockets.

The word that best describes our interactive relationship with God is trust. To trust someone is to surrender yourself to that person’s care. To trust in God is to offload the burdens of our lives onto Him. He will never betray your trust. He will never, ever fail you.

The collect from yesterday says it best.

“Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Proper 18 – BCP)