Trust Fund

It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that it's so hard to trust in the Lord, because we don't see Him. Yet, there are many things in this life that we don't see and even things which aren't a physical reality, which we choose to trust.

For example, many people when they get to the stage of their life of 'financial planning' invest in stocks and bonds and other various forms of collecting interest. They choose to believe that they have their money in these places, that this money exists. But in reality, that money may be used up by one purchase or another from the company that will eventually pay them interest.

Banks work a similar way. We believe that all of our money is in a certain place, in a bank account. Yet, as we saw in the stock market crash before the Great Depression, if we suddenly lose our faith, or our trust, in these banks... there is not enough there for everyone to retrieve their money, causing a crisis.

These are just a few financial examples, but thinking about your life, you may realize there are many more social constructs that we choose to believe, to trust, to build our lives based on those agreed upon structures. Yet, ironically, we find is so hard to fully trust in the Lord... to build the Lord into our lives as a given trusted part of the equation.

As Brad & I plan for the baby, it is hard not to feel stressed, nervous, worried at times about finances. Neither of us currently have any funding for the summer, so we're trying to plan a budget that will take us through August- not an easy thing to do on our salaries. And I can't help but think about the families that are in tougher situations than we are.

But, Brad encourages me to remember how God has taken care of us so far... to pray, whenever I feel nervous or worried or afraid... to put my trust in the ultimate trust fund. Though it may not pay off in worldly possessions and bank statements, His is the treasure that "neither moth nor rust destroy and thieves cannot break in to steal" (Matthew 6:20).

³ When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
⁴ In God, whose word I praise—
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me? (Psalm 56:3-4)