In todays world trust seems to be
something difficult for everyone. We can put a great amount of time and effort
into a relationship to create this trust and in seconds it can all be lost. Time
and time again we build up trust and then it is destroyed. This constant cycle
makes it easy for us to believe that easier to just not trust at all. However,
there are many things we trust in everyday with out even thinking about it. Just
to write this blog post I first trusted that the chair would hold me when I sat
down at the table, then trusted that my laptop would turn on, connected to the
internet, and I’m now trusting that once I am finished writing it will upload.
Why are some things easier to trust than others?
I agree
with Williams in thinking that a great part of this issue has to do will our
inability to control. If we can control it then it will be easier to trust. I trust
that the chair will hold me because it does every time. It’s not going to move
out from under me with by itself. It’s not going to decide “this time when he
sits down I’m going to break.” We have
control of it and it is constant so when I sit down I’m going to trust that it
will hold me. On the other side if we can’t control it we don’t want to trust
it. Humans have a hard time trusting other humans because we don’t know what
they will do. We can’t control them. One day they might be your best friend and
the next day they decide to hate you. This uncertainty it was drives mistrust
in our daily lives.
This lack of
control and uncertainty with humans is the same thing that makes us lose trust
in God. When we are uncertain of God’s plan we begin to doubt and lose trust in
Him. As Christians we need to strive for a trust that is so strong that no matter
what the situation is, we trust that God’s hand is at work. It is possible to
never have doubt? I don’t think so. I think that it is something that came sin.
The first sin came from doubt from a lie. What is important is that we are
always trying to have that trust and understand why we do trust in God. But how
do we share or show what trust really is to others who do not claim to be
Christians? I believe that this comes by sharing your testimony. By doing so
you are able to explain to others why you trust in God and how He has been
faithful. I trust God because there have been many times that He provided when
I was lest expecting it. Unlike humans that change their mind and are that for you
one second and gone in another, He has never let me down. Even though sometimes
it is harder than others, I know I can always
trust in Him
