At a very young age, my mother taught me not only to fear God, but to trust him. She was an excellent model of devotion to God for me. I remember during my times of sickness growing up that my mom would give me my medicine and while she was giving me a spoonful of some yucky syrup, she would say: "In the name of God." She then would follow up saying: "Medicine is great, but we should trust our God."
Today, we enjoy many advances in technology, medicine, weapons, and communications. Our trust should not be in those things, but in God. In the times of David, people looked up to chariots and horses as the latest and greatest in warfare. The might of an army was measured by how many men, chariots, and horses they had. David explains that those things collapse and fall. There is nothing in this world that we can rely on forever. At some point it will be destroyed or replaced with something else.
Those who trust God rise and stand upright! They are able to stand firm throughout this life and the life to come. No matter the circumstances of life, they stand firm because God is their helper and strength. Because God listens to the prayers of his people. Because God fights for his people. Because God sustains the weak and the helpless.
Where is my trust? Is it in my job? Is it in money? Is it in my house? Is it in my family? Is it in retirement? Is it in my health? Is it in education? What is it that I think makes me powerful and secure in this world? Whatever it is, it will not last. I can have it today and lose it tomorrow. God wants me to trust him alone for all things in life. Everything else is just a blessing; a tool that can be used for good works. But my heart should not be confident in any of them. My heart should be confident in God alone for he will be with me forever and no one can take that away from me in this life or the life to come.
Father, teach me to trust in you alone. Help me to give up my trust and confidence in the stuff of this life and bank all my confidence in your promises. Amen.
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