Your Source Of Trust
People put their trust in many different individuals and things without even realizing it. It just comes naturally to them.
For instance, some people will buy something from Facebook Marketplace based solely on the seller's word. They trust that the individual selling something is being truthful. They even drive out to meet that individual in person to purchase once they decide to buy. They have no way of knowing if they're talking to the real person in the ad or someone pretending to be a decent law-abiding seller of goods. So they have no way of knowing if they are about to be taken advantage of in some way, but they take the risk anyway.
How many see a doctor and put trust in his or her opinion concerning their state of health and what he or she feels they need to take or to do in order to improve it?
I gleaned this little funny from Greg Mohr's book A Merry Heart.
It sounds like a Facebook Marketplace ad, but was actually an ad appearing in a metropolitan newspaper.
"Nice parachute. Never opened. Used once."
That's funny. However, it can also describe the futility of putting one's trust in a poor source. For instance, a believer who comes to know Jesus but then turns back to the law for righteousness, rather than trusting in the righteousness they received by faith in Jesus.
Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
I am not promoting the idea of being as bad as one can be in order to prove God's love for them. That would be as equally absurd as trusting in one's flesh to be good enough to start with.
I am promoting the idea that putting one's trust in their flesh to be good enough is a bad bargain, as the flesh is not a good source to trust, especially as it pertains to the kind of righteousness God accepts.
Failing to settle this matter of source is what leads many down the path of sitting with a daisy, plucking the petals one by one, as they say, "He loves me, He loves me not." Their sense of God's love is akin to riding a roller coaster, and it is based on their performance rather than Christ's performance on their behalf—your source of trust matters.
