(Psalm 71: 5) For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust from my youth and the source of my confidence.

(Isaiah 26: 4) So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].

(Psalm 4: 5) Offer just and right sacrifices; trust (lean on and be confident) in the Lord.

(Proverbs 16: 20) He who deals wisely and heeds [God's] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident in the Lord--happy, blessed, and fortunate is he.

(Psalm 37: 5) Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.

(Psalm 32: 10) Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on the Lord shall be compassed about with mercy and with loving-kindness.

Today I like to write about the subject matters of trust and lies.  Have we ever marveled on a single thought as to why people lied in such instinctive manner?  As humans, we are all guilty of lying, even if it is express in the slightest form-- or some like to call it, “white lies”, if you will.  Nonetheless, a lie is a lie no matter how people like to fabricate it.  I will not call myself a saint through all of my living days.  I have lied before and many times I do regret it, but no doubt I have learned my lessons.  The lessons are paved there for us to readjust our living standards toward God’s standards.  God is omniscient; hence, there is nothing that He does not know about each of our hearts and minds.  Thus, we can lie to people, we can lie to ourselves, but we can never lie to God.  For that reason, it is essential to live a life of integrity as if there is no one looking.

Now, who is the master of all lies, dear friends?  Yes, it is Satan, the Devil himself, who is known as the ruler of this world.  He is indeed, the king of all lies.  And he will manipulate strategic means to exploit people in corrupting one another through the lies of what appears to be acutely superior and true.  How deceptive, we thought.  But then again, when was the last time did Satan crafted a lie to appear as undesirable to the eyes of man-kind?  Believe me, when Satan has treacherous motives, he will ensure that his plan will be intensely congenial to the human eyes so that they will fall into the depth of temptations.  And again, we will perpetually encounter tests that will prod us to make a choice whether to lie or speak the truth.  The choice is ours.  Though, as Christians, if we learn to trust in the Holy Spirit, it will guide us toward the wise path.

The next two questions in mind are: how do we conquer of what materializes to be a lie and how do we differentiate between what is the truth from a lie?  As Christians, we know that those who live on high moral grounds will bear good fruit and be a blessing of encouragement to others, yes-no?  God favors those who are humble, meek, patience, inspire others to live righteously, honor the elders, and love their neighbors.  But often times, inordinate events of life will punt us to the curb, which will inadvertently cause a deep wound in each of us.  If we do not take proper care of the wound, then in times the abrasion will become a scar that constantly serve as a negative reminder.  When that afoot, we no longer like to believe that there are any good in others nor do we believe that we deserve the best in life.  Ultimately, we will lose that trust that is considered to be one of the most fundamental ingredients to any healthy relationships in life.  Without trust, we will not distinguish what the true meaning of happiness is, dear friends and that is what the Satan wants us to believe. 

I must say, I am beginning to learn how to trust again by the grace of God, in Lord Jesus Christ.  I have lived long enough to discover the various lessons that God had wanted me to discern and still learning of course.  Still, I believe that trust has invariably been my issue with people.  There will be times I shun away from people, close out my heart, hold back my vulnerability, and will not give anyone a benefit of a doubt.  Though, many times, I have to remind myself that Satan desire for us to have doubts in others and in ourselves so that he could build divisions, doubts, and hatred amongst the race of humanity.  Where there are divisions, doubts, and hatred, then love is of non-existent which is contrary to what God embody and covet for His children.  With that, it is inexorably significant to get rooted in the word of God from the Holy Bible.  When we are acquainted with God’s word, we can identify God’s loving characters and His standard of living that Lord Christ Jesus had taught his disciples during Biblical era.  Once we know God on an intimate level, we will become one with His begotten son, Jesus Christ.  When we can become one with His son, eventually, we will know how to treat people around us just the way we would like to be treated.

A Prayer For Wisdom To Make Right Decisions
Precious Father,
Precious Lord Jesus,
Wonderful Holy Spirit,
O Precious All In All,

May only your will and your design for my life be fully worked out.
Bring your wisdom, O Lord, when I am hammered with frustrations, temptations, and stresses trying to corrode my soul and throw me into the pits of failure.
Bring your wisdom and let me succeed only in doing your will rather than my own will.
Bring your wisdom and let me succeed in being humble and contrite.
Bring your wisdom and let me make only reasonable decisions.
Bring your wisdom and let me make successful decisions based upon your love and your work in the world.

Bring your wisdom and show me how I can be more effective.
Bring your wisdom and show me how I can give all I have to you.
Help me rely upon you to secure my family and loved ones both in this world and in the world to come.
Let me be able to assess the true darkness of this world and bring your light.
Let me see facts and truth not opinion.

Let me see how things work, so your good can then be duplicated and evil can be avoided.
Let me strike blows against the darkness while letting your Light shine in all I say, think, and do.
Thank you, Lord Jesus.
I love you, O Lord.
I adore