Trustworthy

"Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow... Each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ."
Paul, in 1 Corinthians 3:7,11

Is there any experience so earth-shattering as trusting someone and having that trust betrayed? Especially when that person is a leader, a mentor, someone you look up to and aspire to be like. You put your confidence in that person and start to build parts of your life on that foundation of trust, so that when the foundation crumbles the rest comes tumbling down as well. Is anyone truly trustworthy? "There is no one righteous, not even one." (Romans 3:10) But trust is necessary-- in ministry, in friendship, in marriage and families-- so how do we walk that line?

Let us put our confidence in the only One who is trustworthy. If we follow anyone, let it be Him. Let us weigh every decision, every relationship, every step against His Word and His guidance. And He, in turn, will show us where to stand, where to lean, where to walk. If we build anything in this life, let it be on the foundation that is the solid rock of Christ, the one foundation that will never be shaken and cannot be moved. If we trust in Him first and foremost, we have a firm place to stand and build all other things. When the sand shifts, as it always will, we will still find ourselves on the Rock.

On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.