Trust that the Bible is Truth
Day 14 - a Year with God
We may hold on to remnants of it; but slowly over time, like water wearing away rock, we lose a lot of our faith in man.
Perhaps rightfully so. "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." Psalm 118:8,9
I don't think that means all people are undeserving of our trust, or that it is ok for people to be dishonest. I personally think the point is that God has to be your rock. He is the constant. Everything he says is truth and you have to believe that.
"Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us."
Hebrews 6:17,18
So for me, trust starts with the Bible. We have to believe that the Bible is absolute truth. We can't pick out the parts we like and discard the ones we don't. If we accept that the word of God is the truth, then we must accept the Bible as truth in it's entirety.
It brings to mind a literary term that doesn't quite fit with the concept, but illustrates exactly what I am talking about. This term was first introduced to me by my high school English teacher and it has stuck with me for many years. That term is "willing suspension of disbelief".
Named for English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Coleridge suggested that if a writer could infuse a "human interest and a semblance of truth" into a fantastic tale, the reader would suspend judgment concerning the implausibility of the narrative.
We have to read the Bible with that same spirit. We must take it in as the absolute truth, trusting that every word is truth. Even when we cannot grasp a concept or understand something, we must believe it to be the truth anyway. There is much we don't understand, but accept as truth anyway. I can't explain how gravity works, but I know if I walk off a cliff, I am going to fall! I accept that as the truth and don't put it to the test.
Resources
Day 13 - Moving Through The Fear
Wikipedia - Suspension of Disbelief
Bible - Quotes
Published by Marilyn Quinn
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