Psalm 146
Some of you may remember a commercial jingle from days gone by...you can trust your car to the man who wears the Star, that big, bright Texaco star! It misses a little something without the music to accompany it, but you get the general idea. The Texaco man was a trustworthy choice when making a decision about the care of your motor vehicle...at least that's what the commercial sought to convey. There may be fewer catchy jingles today, and we are certainly more skeptical of the quality of services offered in some advertisements, yet there comes a point where trust is necessary when you place something you value in the hands of someone else..
Who do you trust? The Psalmist does not paint a positive picture of human trust. He writes, "Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save." His point is well taken here, particularly in the context of comparison between human faithfulness and that of Almighty God. "Blessed," he writes, "are those whose help is the God of Jacob,whose hope is in the Lord their God." It's not that human beings aren't ever trustworthy, but the Psalmist reminds us that by comparison, God is ever faithful.
Perhaps you can trust your car to the man who wears the star, but trust yourself into the hands of God.
Prayer: Faithful God, may we trust ourselves fully into your hands. Amen.
Jim Abernathy
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