About 'provision for bad debts'|Bad Debts, Commercial Judgment and Taxation
Ｄｏ ｙｏｕ ｐｌａｃｅ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｒ Ｇｏｄ? Ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｓ ｂｅｅｎ ａｓｋｅｄ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｏｒ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ａｎ ｅａｓｙ ｙｅｓ ｏｒ ｎｏ ａｎｓｗｅｒ. Ａｓ ａ Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｉａｎ, Ｉ ｋｎｏｗ ｔｈｅ ａｎｓｗｅｒ ｔｏ ｔｈｉｓ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ ｉｓ "ｙｅｓ", ｏｒ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｉｎ ｔｈｅｏｒｙ ｂｅ ｙｅｓ. Ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ ｔｈｏｕｇｈ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｖｅｒｙ ｄｉｆｆｉｃｕｌｔ ｔｏ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｈｅａｒｔ ｏｆ ｈｅａｒｔ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ. Ｅｓｐｅｃｉａｌｌｙ ｗｈｅｎ Ｇｏｄ ｈａｓ ａｌｌｏｗｅｄ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｉｎｔｏ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ ｔｈａｔ ａｒｅ ｖｅｒｙ ｄｉｆｆｉｃｕｌｔ ｏｒ ｊｕｓｔ ｐｌａｉｎ ｈａｒｄ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ｏｎｌｙ ｌａｔｅｒ ｏｎ ｄｏｗｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｏａｄ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｋｎｏｗ ｗｈａｔ ｏｒ ｗｈｏ ｙｏｕ ｗｅｒｅ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ ｙｏｕ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈａｔ ｄｉｆｆｉｃｕｌｔ ｔｉｍｅ. Ｙｏｕ ｍａｙ ｈａｖｅ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｏｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ, ｙｏｕ ｍａｙ ｈａｖｅ ｐｒａｙｅｄ, ａｎｄ ｒｅａｄ ｙｏｕｒ Ｂｉｂｌｅ. Ａｌｌ ｏｆ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｍａｙ ｈａｖｅ ｂｒｏｕｇｈｔ ｓｏｍｅ ｍｅａｓｕｒｅ ｏｆ ｃｏｍｆｏｒｔ. Ｂｕｔ ｗｈｅｎ ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ ｈａｖｅ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｓｏｕｒ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｄｓ ｙｏｕ'ｒｅ ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ ｆｒｏｍ ｙｏｕｒ Ｂｉｂｌｅ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ ｂｌｕｒｒｅｄ ｄｕｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｐａｉｎ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ. Ａｎｄ ａｌｌ ｙｏｕｒ ｆｒｉｅｎｄｓ ａｒｅ ｂｕｓｙ, ｏｒ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｒｉａｌｓ ｏｆ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ｔｈｅｎ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｆｉｎｄ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｋｎｏｗ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｄｅｅｐｅｓｔ ｐａｒｔ ｏｆ ｙｏｕｒ ｉｎｎｅｒ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ ｙｏｕ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ｗｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｓａｉｄ ｔｏ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ. Ｅｓｐｅｃｉａｌｌｙ ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｃａｓｕａｌｌｙ ｓｔａｔｅｄ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｐｕｔ ｙｏｕｒ ｆａｉｔｈ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｏｎｅ. Ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｓａｙ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｗｅ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｔｈｉｎｋ ｗｈａｔ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｓａｙｉｎｇ. Ｗｅ ｍａｙ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｒｆａｃｅ ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ｗｈａｔ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｓａｙｉｎｇ, ｂｕｔ ｏｕｒ ａｃｔｉｏｎｓ ｍａｙ ｓａｙ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｌｙ ａｎｄ ｔｏｔａｌｌｙ ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｓａｙ ｗｅ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｏｎｅ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｈｅｎ ｏｕｒ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ａｒｅ ｏｖｅｒｗｈｅｌｍｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｗｈａｔｅｖｅｒ ｗａｙ. Ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｓｈｏｗｉｎｇ ｂｙ ｏｕｒ ａｃｔｉｏｎｓ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅ ｔｒｕｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ ｍｏｒｅ ｉｎ ｗｈａｔ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ, ｌｉｋｅ ｆｌｅｓｈ ａｎｄ ｂｌｏｏｄ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ. Ｗｅ ｍａｙ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｐｕｔ ｉｎｔｏ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ ｗｈａｔ ｗｅ ｓａｙ, ｂｕｔ ｉｆ ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｉｎ ｏｕｒ ｌｉｖｅｓ ｗｈｏ ａｒｅ ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｌｉｓｔｅｎ, ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｐｈｙｓｉｃａｌｌｙ ｈｅｌｐ ｕｓ, ｗｅ ｍａｙ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ (ｐｅｏｐｌｅ), ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ. Ａｎｄ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔｅｄ Ｇｏｄ ｔｏ ｄｅｌｉｖｅｒ ｕｓ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｗｈａｔｅｖｅｒ ｓｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎ ｗｅ ｗｅｒｅ ｉｎ, ｏｒ ｗｅ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ ｉｎ ｐｒａｙｅｒ ｔｏ ｇｉｖｅ ｕｓ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｒｅｎｇｔｈ ｔｏ ｌｉｖｅ ｖｉｃｔｏｒｉｏｕｓｌｙ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎ ｈｅ ｈａｓ ｐｌａｃｅｄ ｕｓ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｃｏｍｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｃｅ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｏｎｅ, ｗｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｎｏｔ ｇｏ ｔｏ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｕｒ ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓ; ｗｅ ｗｏｎ'ｔ ｇｏ ａｎｄ ｂｏｒｒｏｗ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｆｒｏｍ ｏｕｒ ｃｈｕｒｃｈ ｏｒ ｆｒｉｅｎｄｓ. Ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｗｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ｔｏ ｈｅｌｐ ｕｓ ｆｉｎｄ ａ ｗａｙ ｔｏ ｐａｙ ｏｕｒ ｄｅｂｔｓ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｉｎｔｏ ｍｏｒｅ ｄｅｂｔ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｔｕｒｎ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ａｎｄ ｌｏｏｋ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｅｖｅｒ ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇ ｏｂｓｔａｃｌｅ'ｓ ａｎｄ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ｉｎ ｏｕｒ ｌｉｖｅｓ, ｗｅ ｆｏｒｇｅｔ ｔｈａｔ Ｇｏｄ ｉｓ ａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｓｕｐｐｌｙ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｉｆ ｗｅ ａｓｋ ｈｉｍ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｓｏ. Ａｎｄ ｉｆ ｗｅ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ｔｈａｔ ｈｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｄｏ ｓｏ. Ｒｕｓｈｉｎｇ ａｈｅａｄ ｏｆ Ｇｏｄ,ｓａｙｉｎｇ ｗｅ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｈｉｍ, ｗｅ ｆｏｒｇｅｔ ｔｈａｔ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｈｉｍ ａｌｓｏ ｍｅａｎｓ ｔｏ ｏｂｅｙ ｗｈａｔ ｈｅ ｈａｓ ｓａｉｄ ｉｎ ｈｉｓ ｗｏｒｄ. Ａｎｄ ｈｅ ｈａｓ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｏｎ ｕｓ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｇｏｏｄ ｓｔｅｗａｒｄｓ ｏｆ ｗｈａｔ ｈｅ ｈａｓ ｇｉｖｅｎ ｕｓ, ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｍｕｓｔ ｂｏｒｒｏｗ ｉｎ ｏｒｄｅｒ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ; ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｎｏｔ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｇｏｏｄ ｓｔｅｗａｒｄｓ. Ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｓａｙｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ Ｇｏｄ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｓｕｐｐｌｙ ａｌｌ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ ａｎｄ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ Ｇｏｄ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ. Ｇｏｄ ｉｓ ａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ, ｔｏ ｂｒｉｎｇ ｐｅａｃｅ ａｎｄ ｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｍｅｎｔ ｔｏ ｏｕｒ ｌｉｖｅｓ, ｂｕｔ ｗｅ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｂｅ ａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｈｉｍ. Ｊｕｓｔ ｓａｙｉｎｇ ｗｅ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ, ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｍａｋｅ ｉｔ ｓｏ. Ｏｕｒ ａｃｔｉｏｎｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｔｅｌｌ ｏｎ ｕｓ. Ｉｆ ｗｅ ｍａｋｅ ｍｅｎｔｉｏｎ ｔｏ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｏｎｅ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｐｒｏｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｏｐｐｏｓｉｔｅ ｂｙ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｕｒ ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓ ａｎｄ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｎｏ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｌｉａｒｓ. ｏｒ ｈｙｐｏｃｒｉｔｉｃａｌ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｖｅｒｙ ｌｅａｓｔ. Ｉ ｄｏ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ, ｂｕｔ ｍｙ ａｃｔｉｏｎｓ ｈａｖｅ ｎｏｔ ａｌｗａｙｓ ｍａｔｃｈｅｄ ｗｈａｔ Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｓａｉｄ. Ｎｏｔ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ Ｉ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ Ｇｏｄ, ｂｕｔ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｆａｉｔｈ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｅａｓｙ, ｅｓｐｅｃｉａｌｌｙ ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ｏｆ ｌｉｆｅ ａｒｅ ｖｉｖｉｄｌｙ ｐａｉｎｆｕｌ, ｏｒ ｎｏｔ ｅａｓｙ. Ｉｔ ｃａｎ ｂｅ ｅａｓｙ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｌｉｔｔｌｅ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｉｎ ｌｉｆｅ, ｂｕｔ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｍｕｃｈ ｈａｒｄｅｒ ｔｏ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ｗｈｅｎ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｌｏｗｓ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｉｎｔｏ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ ｔｈａｔ ｍａｋｅ ｎｏ ｓｅｎｓｅ ｗｈａｔｓｏｅｖｅｒ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ｗｈｅｎ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｌｏｗｓ ｔｈｅ ｈａｒｄ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｉｎｔｏ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｔｈａｔ Ｇｏｄ ｉｓ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｉｎ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ. Ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ｒｅａｓｏｎｓ ｔｈａｔ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｌｏｗｓ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｉｎｔｏ ｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ, ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ ｏｒ ｎｏｔ ｗｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｃｏｍｐｒｅｈｅｎｄ ｏｒ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｗｈｙ ｏｆ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｌｉｆｅ ｉｓ ｄｅｂａｔａｂｌｅ. Ｇｏｄ ｍａｙ ａｌｌｏｗ ｕｓ ｔｏ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ, ｂｕｔ ｈｅ ｍａｙ ｎｏｔ. Ｂｕｔ ｒｅｇａｒｄｌｅｓｓ ｏｆ ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ ｗｅ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ ｗｈｙ, ｉｆ ｗｅ ｓａｙ ｗｅ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ, ｗｅ ｎｅｅｄ ｔｏ ｐｕｔ ｔｈａｔ ｉｎｔｏ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ａｎｄ ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ, ｉｔ ｍａｋｅｓ ｏｕｒ ｆａｉｔｈ ｌｏｏｋ ｗｅａｋ. Ｗｅ ａｌｓｏ ｇｉｖｅ ｏｃｃａｓｉｏｎ ｆｏｒ ｕｎｂｅｌｉｅｖｅｒｓ ｔｏ ｓａｙ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ａｒｅ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｔｒｕｓｔｅｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｓｏ ｔｈａｎ Ｇｏｄ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｓｎ'ｔ ｔｒｕｅ. Ａｌｔｈｏｕｇｈ ａｔ ｔｉｍｅｓ ｗｅ ｍａｙ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ａｎｇｅｒ ｔｏｗａｒｄｓ Ｇｏｄ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ａｎｇｒｙ ｔｏｗａｒｄｓ Ｇｏｄ ｆｏｒ ａｎｙ ｒｅａｓｏｎ, ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ ｗｅ ｆｅｅｌ ｊｕｓｔｉｆｉｅｄ ｏｒ ｎｏｔ ｗｅ ｍａｋｅ ｐｏｏｒ ｃｈｏｉｃｅｓ ａｎｄ ｗｅ ｃａｕｓｅ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｔｏ ｎｏｔ ｌｅａｒｎ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ, ｗｈｅｎ Ｇｏｄ ａｌｌｏｗｓ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｌｉｖｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ａｒｅ ｈａｒｄ. Ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ Ｇｏｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ, ｄｏ Ｉ ｐｅｒｓｏｎａｌｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ? Ｉ'ｄ ｓａｙ ｙｅｓ, ｂｕｔ ｍｙ ａｃｔｉｏｎｓ ｈａｖｅ ｎｏｔ ａｌｗａｙｓ ｍａｔｃｈｅｄ ｗｈａｔ Ｉ ｋｎｏｗ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｈｅａｒｔ ｉｓ ｔｒｕｅ. Ｉ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ Ｇｏｄ ｕｓｅｓ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｔｏ ｈｅｌｐ ｕｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ ｗｈｅｎ ｏｕｒ ｆａｉｔｈ ｉｓ ｗｅａｋ, ｂｕｔ Ｉ ａｌｓｏ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｂｅ ｕｓｅｄ ｂｙ Ｇｏｄ ｔｏ ｈｅｌｐ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｌｅａｒｎ ｔｏ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｎｏｔ ｏｎｌｙ ｇｉｖｅ ｐｒａｉｓｅ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ ｆｏｒ ｈｉｓ ｂｌｅｓｓｉｎｇｓ ａｎｄ ｐｒｏｖｉｓｉｏｎｓ ｂｕｔ ａｌｓｏ ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｄｏ ｎｏｔ ｔｅｌｌ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｔｅｌｌ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｓｕｃｈ ａｓ ａ ｎｅｅｄ ｔｏ ｐａｙ ａ ｂｉｌｌ ｏｒ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅ ｈａｖｅ ｓｏｍｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｍａｔｅｒｉａｌ ｎｅｅｄ, ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｔｅｌｌｉｎｇ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｗｈｏ ｈａｖｅ ｎｏ ｆａｉｔｈ ｏｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ, ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ Ｇｏｄ ｗｅ ｓｅｒｖｅ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅ ｆｏｒ ｏｒ ｍｅｅｔ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ａ ｂａｄ ｔｅｓｔｉｍｏｎｙ. Ｗｅ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ ａｎｄ ｐｒａｙ ｆｏｒ ｗｈａｔ ｗｅ ｎｅｅｄ, ａｎｄ ｌｏｏｋ ｆｏｒ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅｓ ｏｆ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｗｈｏ ｈａｖｅ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ; ｔｈｉｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅｌｐ ｕｓ ｔｏ ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｅ ｏｕｒ ｆａｉｔｈ, ａｎｄ ｍａｙ ｈｅｌｐ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｔｏ ｓｅｅ ｔｈａｔ Ｇｏｄ ｃａｎ ｂｅ ｔｒｕｓｔｅｄ ｗｈｅｎ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ａｒｅ ｏｖｅｒｗｈｅｌｍｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｕｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｕｒ ｌｉｍｉｔａｔｉｏｎｓ. Ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ Ｇｏｄ ｆｏｒ ｍｅ ｈａｓ ａｔ ｔｉｍｅｓ ｂｅｅｎ ｖｅｒｙ ｈａｒｄ, ａｎｄ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ Ｉ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｈａｖｅ ａ ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ Ｇｏｄ. Ｉｔ ｃａｎ ｂｅ ｅａｓｉｅｒ ｔｏ ｔｒｙ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ, ｙｏｕ ｃａｎｎｏｔ ｓｅｅ Ｇｏｄ. Ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ Ｇｏｄ ｏｎ ｆａｉｔｈ ａｌｏｎｅ. Ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｃａｎ ｂｅ ｈａｒｄ ｔｏ ｌｅａｒｎ, ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ ｙｏｕｒ ｐｌａｃｉｎｇ ｙｏｕｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｒ Ｇｏｄ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ, ａｎｄ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ. Ｉｆ ｙｏｕｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｓ ｗａｖｅｒｉｎｇ ｏｒ ｗｅａｋ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｏｎｌｙ ｔｕｒｎｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｙｏｕ ｌｏｏｋ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｂｉｂｌｅ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｗｈｏ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅｄ Ｇｏｄ, ａｎｄ ｐｌａｃｅｄ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ. Ａｎｄ Ｇｏｄ ｄｅｌｉｖｅｒｅｄ ｔｈｅｍ. Ｔｈｅｎ ｌｏｏｋ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｆｏｒ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｈｏ ａｒｅ ｔｈａｎｋｉｎｇ Ｇｏｄ ｆｏｒ ｈｉｓ ｐｒｏｖｉｓｉｏｎ ａｎｄ ｂｌｅｓｓｉｎｇｓ, ｔｈｉｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｅ ｙｏｕｒ ｆａｉｔｈ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ, ａｓ ｉｔ ｈａｓ ｍｉｎｅ. Ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ ａｔ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ｉｓ ａ ｇｏｏｄ ｗａｙ ｔｏ ｐｌａｃｅ ｙｏｕｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｍａｔｅｒｉａｌ ｉｔｅｍｓ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ ｏｒ ｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｈｏ ｗｉｌｌ ｆａｉｌ. Ｇｏｄ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｆａｉｌｓ, ｈｅ ｄｏｅｓｎ'ｔ ａｌｗａｙｓ ａｇｒｅｅ ｔｈａｔ ｗｈａｔ ｗｅ ｗａｎｔ ｏｒ ｄｅｓｉｒｅ ｉｓ ｂｅｓｔ, ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｗｈｅｎ Ｇｏｄ ｓａｙｓ ｎｏ, ｔｈａｔ ｏｕｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｓ ｓｔｒｅｎｇｔｈｅｎｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｓｔ, ｉｆ ｗｅ ｃｈｏｏｓｅ ｔｏ ｌｉｓｔｅｎ ｔｏ Ｇｏｄ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｔｕｒｎｉｎｇ ｔｏ ａ ｐｅｒｓｏｎ, ｗｈｏ ｃａｎ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｃａｒｅ ｆｏｒ ｕｓ ａｓ ｍｕｃｈ ａｓ Ｇｏｄ ｈｉｍｓｅｌｆ ｃａｎ. Ｌａｔｅｒ ｏｎ ｄｏｗｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｏａｄ Ｇｏｄ ｍａｙ ｓｈｏｗ ｕｓ ｗｈｙ ｈｅ ｓａｉｄ ｎｏ, ｂｕｔ ｅｖｅｎ ｉｆ ｈｅ ｄｏｅｓｎ'ｔ ｗｅ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｎｅ ｗｈｏ ｌｏｖｅｄ ｕｓ ｅｎｏｕｇｈ ｔｏ ｄｉｅ ｆｏｒ ｕｓ, ｃａｒｅｓ ｅｎｏｕｇｈ ｓｏ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｈｉｍ. Ｇｏｄ ｋｎｏｗｓ ｗｈｅｎ ｏｕｒ ｆａｉｔｈ ｉｓ ｗｅａｋ, ａｎｄ ｈｅ ｋｎｏｗｓ ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｎｅｅｄ ｅｎｃｏｕｒａｇｅｍｅｎｔ, ａｎｄ ｔｈａｔ ｉｓ ｗｈｙ ｈｅ ｈａｓ ｇｉｖｅｎ ｕｓ ｍａｎｙ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅｓ ｏｆ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ ｗｈｏ ｈａｖｅ ｔｒｕｓｔｅｄ ｈｉｍ, ｅｖｅｎ ｗｈｅｎ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｎｏｔ ｅａｓｙ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｓｏ. Ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｌｏｏｋ ｆｏｒ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｂｉｂｌｅ; ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｌｏｏｋ ｆｏｒ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅｓ ｉｎ ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ, ａｎｄ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｌｉｖｅｓ ｏｆ ｍａｔｕｒｅ Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｉａｎｓ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｕｓ. Ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ Ｇｏｄ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ａｌｗａｙｓ ｅａｓｙ, ａｎｄ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ Ｉ ｆａｉｌ ｇｒｅａｔｌｙ ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ａｒｅａ. Ｔｒｕｓｔｉｎｇ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｅａｓｙ, ａｎｄ ｎｏｔ ｗｉｓｅ. Ｂｕｔ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｔｒｕｓｔｅｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｔｈａｎ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ａｎ ａｒｅａ ｔｈａｔ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｍｕｃｈ ｗｏｒｋ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｌｉｆｅ; ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｔｒｕｅ Ｉ ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍａｊｏｒｉｔｙ ｏｆ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｎｇ Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｉａｎｓ. Ｆａｉｔｈ ｓｕｃｈ ａｓ Ｇｅｏｒｇｅ Ｍｕｌｌｅｒ ｈａｄ, ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎ ｃｏｍｅ ｅａｓｉｌｙ ｏｆ ｏｖｅｒｎｉｇｈｔ. Ｉｔ ｔａｋｅｓ ｔｉｍｅ, ｂｕｔ Ｇｏｄ ｉｓ ｆａｉｔｈｆｕｌ, ｈｅ ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｃｈａｎｇｅ ｎｏｒ ｄｏｅｓ ｈｅ ｗａｖｅｒ, ｅｖｅｎ ｔｈｏｕｇｈ ｗｅ ｍａｙ ｗａｖｅｒ ｉｎ ｏｕｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ. Ｔｏ ｆｕｌｌｙ ａｎｄ ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ ｍｅａｎｓ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｌｅａｒｎ ｔｏ ｐｌａｃｅ ｙｏｕｒ ｈａｎｄ ａｎｄ ｌｉｆｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｈａｎｄ ｏｆ Ｇｏｄ, ｔｈｅｎ ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｏｒｍｓ ｏｆ ｌｉｆｅ ｃｏｍｅ, ｙｏｕ ｈｏｌｄ ｏｎ ｔｉｇｈｔ. Ｈｅ'ｌｌ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｌｅｔ ｙｏｕ ｇｏ, ａｎｄ ｈｅ'ｌｌ ｎｏｔ ｌｅｔ ｙｏｕ ｆａｌｌ. Ｂｕｔ ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｔｒｙ ｔｏ ｆｉｇｈｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｂｓｔａｃｌｅｓ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ ａｌｏｎｅ ｏｒ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ ｗｉｓｄｏｍ ａｎｄ ｍｉｇｈｔ ｔｈｅｎ ｈｅ'ｌｌ ｗａｔｃｈ ｙｏｕ ａｓ ｙｏｕ ｔｒｙ, ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕ ｔｏ ｌｅａｒｎ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｂａｔｔｌｅ ｙｏｕ'ｒｅ ｔｒｙｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｆｉｇｈｔ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｙｏｕｒｓ. Ｗｈｅｎ ｙｏｕ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ ｈｉｍ, ｈｅ'ｌｌ ｃａｒｒｙ ｙｏｕ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｂａｔｔｌｅ ｙｏｕ ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ ｗａｓ ｌｏｓｔ. Ｈｅ ｈａｓ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｐａｉｄ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｓｔ. Ｗｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｔｈａｔ ｗｈｅｎ Ｇｏｄ ｈａｓ ｓａｉｄ ｈｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｍｅｅｔ ａｌｌ ｏｕｒ ｎｅｅｄｓ ａｃｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｈｉｓ ｒｉｃｈｅｓ ｉｎ ｈｅａｖｅｎ ｈｅ ｗｉｌｌ ｄｏ ｓｏ. Ｔｈｅｎ ｗｈｅｎ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅｓ ａｎｄ ｌｉｆｅ ａｒｅ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ, ｗｅ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｗｈｏ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｆｕｌｌｙ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｔｏ ｃａｒｒｙ ｕｓ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｓｉｄｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｃｉｒｃｕｍｓｔａｎｃｅ. Ｓａｙｉｎｇ Ｉ ｔｒｕｓｔ Ｇｏｄ, ａｎｄ ｐｕｔｔｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎｔｏ ａｃｔｉｏｎ ａｒｅ ｔｏｏ ｖｅｒｙ ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ, ａｓ Ｉ ａｍ ｓｕｒｅ ｉｓ ｔｒｕｅ ｆｏｒ ｍｏｓｔ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｉｆ ｔｈｅｙ ｗｅｒｅ ｔｒｕｔｈｆｕｌ ｔｏ ｔｈｅｍｓｅｌｖｅｓ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ｕｎｗｉｓｅ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ, ｉｔ ｉｓ ｗｉｓｅ ｔｏ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ Ｇｏｄ. Ｂｕｔ ｉｔ ｉｓ ａｔ ｔｉｍｅｓ ｅａｓｙ ｔｏ "ｔｈｉｎｋ" ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｗｈａｔ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｇｏｄ ｗｈｏ ｃａｒｅｄ ｅｎｏｕｇｈ ｔｏ ｄｉｅ. Ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｓ ｅａｒｎｅｄ, ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｉｓ ｌｅａｒｎｅｄ, ａｎｄ Ｇｏｄ ｈａｓ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｈｉｓ ｐａｙｍｅｎｔ ｆｏｒ ｕｓ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｅａｒｎｅｄ ｏｕｒ ｔｒｕｓｔ, ｉｆ ｗｅ ｃａｎ ｏｎｌｙ ｌｅａｒｎ ｔｏ ｆｕｌｌｙ ａｃｃｅｐｔ. |
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