Trust is like faith. You cannot see it; you just do it. It must be given. Here are some other words from the thesaurus for trust: confidence, belief, credence. To trust is to “depend on, rely on, bank on, build on, count on.” You cannot trust without moving out of your head. You cannot depend on someone or build on something with mere knowledge. The soul must be part of the equation. The words call us to action, not inspection. The word on is significant as well. You can’t merely rely. You can’t depend by yourself. You can’t build in air. There is a requirement of someone or something else that moves us out of ourselves. We can know, yet not do. We can gather facts, and give nothing in return. We can observe all day long without ever caring. But we do not trust if we don’t care. We do not give to something if we don’t trust it. And if we say we trust the truth, and yet do nothing with it, it reveals we have not trusted it at all. Trust requires something of us. Trust holds the feet of knowledge to the fire of action. —NICOLE JOHNSON (Fresh-Brewed Life) Various Authors, Patchwork Devotional: 365 Snippets of Inspiration, Joy, and Hope (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010). 21 Laws of Discipleship -- the book -- |
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