“Who
do you trust?”
That is a question many people are having a difficult time answering
these days. In both personal and public relationships, people feel their trust
has been broken, that they’ve been manipulated and used by people of whom they
believed were out for their best.
It could be that in some cases people expected more from others than a
human being could possibly provide. However, the general observation that
faithfulness to other people is not the virtue it once was seems to have some
truth to it. Because people have placed personal happiness as their main goal
in life, being true to someone else at the expense of their own well-being has
been relegated to a low-level priority. The result being, trust between people
is broken rather easily.
In the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion, we see all sorts of
broken trust, especially in regard to Jesus’ very own followers. While they
wanted to be loyal and faithful, when things got sketchy, they bailed on Jesus
and abandoned him in order to save their own skins. But Jesus is an incredible
contrast to his disciples! He remains rigorously faithful to the end. During
his ministry he spoke again and again about the necessity of his death and
resurrection. In fact, he claimed it was the reason for his coming to this
earth. Faithful to his words, faithful to the disciples, faithful to the human
race, Jesus Christ walked unwaveringly to the cross. The lesson for us? We’ll
never get trust right with other people until we put our full trust for today
and eternity in Jesus Christ. He is where the subjects of faithfulness and
trust begin and end.
Saturday
evening worship: 6:00 pm
Sunday
morning worship: 10:00 am
