Can you trust anyone these days?

In this season of financial turmoil and election fever, I'm often wondering, who can I trust? It seems the more I look into who is running for office, the more reason I have to think that no candidate is too high on the "trust" factor. (Although I am going to vote)

I've learned that I can't trust the like of Lehman Brothers, AIG, or other big firms who got greedy and left investors hanging.

These times call for radical trust. As a Christian, I continually realize I have to go back to trusting in God alone- no matter what the circumstances.

Psalm 20:7 says, "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God."

The name of the Lord represents his character. He is the "I Am"; The God who created the universe and will exists forever and ever.

Trusting is hard- because we don't want to be hurt or let down by someone we place our trust in. When we trust fully- we abandon all of our own strength and look to someone else for strength. But there's the key. The name of God represents his character: compassionate and Gracious, slow to anger and abounding in love, quick and ready to forgive. God has "unfailing love" the bible says. What reason do I have to doubt his love?

We need to remember where we place our trust and our hope- not in economic firms, not in government officials, not in the strength of an army or the amount of weapons a country has.

God has called each one of us to this place and this time-to display his love and show other that there is nothing better than trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ.