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A Morning View Near the Patio

As I sit and take in all of the happenings in the world around me I wonder. We trust in a lot of things. We trust in the God given wisdom and knowledge of medicine and those working in the field. We trust in the experts to develop curriculum and direction for our children to learn. We have trust in chosen political leaders with whom we connect to lead us. We trust the authorities and experts placed before us in our careers. We trust in our friends and family. We trust in the church leaders, Sunday School teachers, paid and volunteer ministry leaders. We put our trust in the clergy we believe God has put in our lives.
We trust in so much, yet we have reason not to trust. Often we are mislead or taken advantage of by those we trust. Because we are human we find that even in the best of intentions people let us down. The reason this happens is because everyone mentioned above, as well as many unmentioned others we trust in are human and imperfect. Our families, the ones who are supposed to naturally love us and care for us the most, let us down. Who do we trust?
We say we trust in God. Yes, God gives us all of the tools, intelligence, research and people mentioned above as well as others to follow. But I ask you today, do you really trust in God? Are we sold out? Are we fully committed? Do we study, strive to understand and connect deeply with God? Do you and I seek the difficult relationship of spiritual growth pains of surrendering ourselves to God? Are we willing to trust imperfect humans and knowledge in proper order under our trust and hope in God? Are we sold out to completely surrender and trust God? I guess I am asking us to consider what Gods we put before The God?
And God spoke all these words:
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before me.
“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.”  - Exodus 20:1-6 
Peace,
PB

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