Thought for Today: “In Whom Do We Trust?”

In 1981, a survey conducted by The Ladies’ Home Journal asked, “In whom do you trust?” The answers may come as a shock. Walter Cronkite received 40% of the vote, Pope John Paul II 26%, Billy Graham 6%, and God 3%.

We’ve trusted many people and many things in our lives. We’ve trusted our families, friends, and even our bosses. We’ve trusted our transportation, our doctors and health care system, and even our government. What do all these things have in common? At one time or another, they’ve all failed to earn our trust.

We have all felt the disastrous consequences of broken trust. Confidences are shattered, tears are shed, feelings are hurt, trust is damaged, and bitterness grows. Whom or what can we trust? Jesus tells us to trust God, and since He is God, the second person of the Godhead, He tells us to trust Him.

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me.” (John 14:1)

Our problem is that we’ve lost sight of the ball. We’ve become so focused on everything and everyone else that we’ve lost sight of the Creator of life.

So our coinage is right: don’t trust in riches; trust in God, or “In God We Trust.”