Psalm 125

Psalm 125:1 Like Mount Zion are they who trust in the Lord, unshakable, forever enduring.

Trust: the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, and strength of someone or something

All throughout our lives, we trust. As babies, we automatically trust our parents to tend to our needs, because they are our source of life. Until proven otherwise, we trust that they will take care of us. Throughout childhood, that trust remains, though changed a bit as we learn our independence and see we can do certain things for ourselves.

Then we develop trust in friends. Those who we think are important in our lives, we might trust with secrets. Until they break our trust by telling someone else, making fun of us to fit in, or we grow apart as children do. As adults, this trend continues with friends, coworkers, family. We learn who we can trust and who we cannot.  We also trust that our job is sound, and we will have income. We trust in the stock market. We trust in our government. We trust our spouses to remain faithful. We trust ourselves to be strong in any situation.

And then one day, we may wake up and realize none of those things were really that reliable. Friends may have lied about us to spread rumors. Our job may be suffering due to lack of resources or funds, and can no longer keep all the employees. Our family’s difference of opinion may cause a rift. The stock market may have been hit hard by the drought of the season or the governments temperament against another country. Our spouses may have done something nearly unforgivable. And with all that, we realize we aren’t really that strong, and do something we never thought we would. And what are we left with? No job, no money, no stable country, no friends, no family, no spouse?

There is only one who we can have complete trust in. One where our trust is strong and secure. One who will never let us down, and when all the other things in the world crumbles, will still be with us. Our God. If in that previous situation, we had put our trust in the Lord first, we wouldn’t feel so alone. We might have reasoned the people we associated with weren’t good people and found others who trust in the Lord like we do. We may have trusted in the Lord with our finances, and been able to save in case of emergencies. We may have trusted that God would open doors for a better job, so that we could still provide for the family. Because our trust in God should be like the mountains, unshakable and never ending. Why? Because that is how his love is for us. We cannot be strong and tough and secure in our lives unless we trust in God first. And we need to trust in God with all our self, and not trust in things of the world, because they can falter. But our God never will.