Good Sunday morning! Welcome to November. We are into the final two months of this year. And for some reason that I don't yet know, my little UPS is wiggin' out this morning. I will have to look up the alarm and find out what is going on. Hmm, looks like the battery needs to be replaced. Do you ever get up some mornings and feel the need for a battery replacement? Maybe it isn't just some mornings. :-)
Today, one of the first things I heard on the radio was a commercial. While this is no real surprise - more than likely the first thing I will see when I turn on the TV today will be a commercial too - the main line of the commercial was "get something you can trust." I thought about that line for a bit. What exactly can we trust in this world? Some cars last longer than others, but all will eventually end up in the junk pile. Some buildings last longer than others, but all will eventually be replaced or destroyed. The Roman Empire lasted for centuries, but it too served its purpose and is no more. The pyramids have lasted a long time, but aren't of much use to anyone. Can we trust in others then?
Humans last quite a while, but even our peak years may be difficult as injuries and disease can lay us low in a short time. Friends may be described as trustworthy, but none have all the answers and are only capable as far as their own strength and ability will take them. Even in our own trustworthiness we find reason to doubt. How much of your own candy did you snitch before the trick-r-treaters arrived last night? Even together we are not a source of trust as communities and states struggle to satisfy the majority without upsetting the special interests too much. And all of us are the special interests in some form or other. The aim should not be to seek some thing to trust in, but to seek some one we can trust in. Look not to the things of this earth, look to the One who died for us.
Jesus told us to trust in Him. If you believe in Him, you will soon realize that you never had any other viable option. Even the planet we stand on is not to be trusted, solid and huge though it may seem from our little point of view. And don't get me started on that slippery ol' Father Time. The clock says 6:09, but my tummy says, "where's breakfast?" We cannot put our trust in the powers and principalities of this world, but we can trust the One who will begin the next world. Does that require faith? You bet it does. Not one of us can see the next world, and to the secular folk that seems like an utter absurdity. They believe that this world is it; the end of this world is the end of all. Jesus says something quite different; and believing that requires faith and trust in Him!
Have a great Sunday in Christ Jesus!
Bucky
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