Confidence in Yahweh
Psalm 146
Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal men, wbo cannot save…
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
Psalm 146:3, 5
The psalmist commands people to put their full trust in God and not in other people.
What is the essence of a relationship of trust? The Hebrew word batah, meaning “trust” signifies the type of relationship that exists between two people who know each other well enough that each can predict the other’s actions on the basis of that one’s character.
It is the word used for the confidence a person has in a friend. It means that one person can depend on the word of another person.
The psalmist has come to know that there is no salvation anywhere except in Yahweh, and for this reason, he chooses to wholly trust God. Yahweh alone is the Savior.
The psalmist has tried trusting in other people, even in the noblest of other people, and yet he has found that there is no salvation outside of God.
The answer to the human dilemma will not be found in ourselves, nor will it be found in other persons. God and God alone is the answer to every human question.
When we trust him completely, he is free to trust us with his name, his message, and his character.
Do you trust him totally? Perhaps the more pertinently, can he trust you?
This is an excerpt from the book This Day with the Master by Dennis Kinlaw.
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