Who Can Be Trusted
"Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?" Isaiah 2:22
When we give a man or woman the place in our life that only God should have, we are in for a bitter
disappointment. We will soon learn that the best of men are men at best. Although they might have some very
fine qualities, yet they still have feet of iron and clay. This may sound like cynicism, but it is not. It is realism.
When the invaders were threatening Jerusalem, the people of Judah looked to Egypt for deliverance. Isaiah
denounced them for this misplaced trust, saying, "Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt;
whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh King of Egypt to all that trust in him"
(Isa. 36:6). And Jeremiah said later, under similar circumstances, "Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that
trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord" (Jer. 17:5).
The psalmist showed genuine insight on this subject when he wrote, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes" (Psa. 118:8,9). And again,
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he
returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish" (Psa. 146:3,4).
Of course, we must realize that there is a certain sense in which we have to trust one another. What would a
marriage be, for instance, without a certain measure of trust and respect? In business life, the use of checks as
money is based on a system of mutual trust. We trust doctors to diagnose and prescribe properly. We trust the
labels on cans and packages in the food market. It would be almost impossible to live in any society without
some confidence in our fellows.
The danger comes when we trust man to do what only God can do, when we take the Lord off the throne and
put man on it. Anyone who displaces God in our affections, who takes His place as our confidence, who usurps
any of His prerogatives in our lives - that one is certain to disappoint us bitterly. We will realize too late that man
is not worthy of our trust.
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| SPEAKERS IN JANUARY |
We join believers around the world in mourning
the passing of our friend William MacDonald, who
gave much appreciated help in the early days of
Grace Bible Chapel. (Below is a meditation
written, by Mr. MacDonald.)
the passing of our friend William MacDonald, who
gave much appreciated help in the early days of
Grace Bible Chapel. (Below is a meditation
written, by Mr. MacDonald.)
Mark Dossett will be the Speaker at our 11 A.M. Family
Bible Hour on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Mark and his
wife Karen are the parents of four boys, ages 10 to 20.
After serving as missionaries in Vienna, Austria and
working among Iranian and Afghan refugees during
fourteen years, Mark currently is employed by State
Farm in Bloomington, Illinois where the family resides.
Bible Hour on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Mark and his
wife Karen are the parents of four boys, ages 10 to 20.
After serving as missionaries in Vienna, Austria and
working among Iranian and Afghan refugees during
fourteen years, Mark currently is employed by State
Farm in Bloomington, Illinois where the family resides.