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As believers we are tempted to put our trust in other things. Money being a chief example. However, we also have tendency to put our trust in people. The problem with having faith in our fellow man is that they will fail. I have watched with great curiosity and perplexity how two people of opposite sexes fall in love and put their complete trust in each other. It is not that I think the bond does not warrant some faith, but I see great potential for idolatry in this. What worries me about trusting other people is that in millisecond they can turn on you and become your greatest adversary. Even a spouse can shift from being source of comfort and love to being spiteful and slanderous.

It is in Christ Jesus alone that we must put the full weight of our faith and trust. Only God himself is capable of fulfilling the bargain and taking that trust and never breaking it. Unlike Judas, Jesus will never betray us. Our Lord is ever on our side, seeking to lead us unto himself and to change our character into His character. The problem with having faith in other people is that they are not a perfect God who can honor the gift you give. Trust it is said is earned, not given. Jesus Christ earned our trust when he died upon the cross for every sin we shall ever commit. What offends me is that we would rather but our trust in men and women who have and will never go to such lengths to ensure us of their trustworthiness and love. I say that even trusting a husband or wife more than you do Christ is foolishness. Despite the intimacy you share with a spouse, they are not beyond corruption. Christ is the only one who will not forsake you or break faith with those that follow Him.

I am no expert on marriage. What I know comes from observation. I am told from those I have watched and the shows I have admired that a marriage is sacred and that the union creates a powerful connection based on trust. Well to me that is idolatry, because it has not Christ in it. You may rebuttal that when two people wed they invoke vows to God, but I argue is that the extent of God's involvement? Is he to be ushered into the marriage at the beginning, but then be put aside until the time that he is needed? It may be radical to say this, but that kind of marriage is anti-Christ and I think marriage if it does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as the center is then folly. What about love? Romance and propagation of the species? Well I have nothing against these, but if anything should take you away from putting your trust in Jesus and interrupt your relationship with Him, then it is evil. Am I saying marriage is evil? If it is a marriage that makes your partner a god and the one whom you have faith and trust, then yes it is evil. If that marriage is built on the rock foundation of Christ, if it acknowledges that only the Almighty is capable of being truly trustworthy and that both members of the marriage must endeavor to put their trust in Jesus and let Him transform their nature into trustworthy individuals, then the marriage is highly beneficial. For in this case the two not only become one, but they become one in Christ and seek Him as a new Adam and Eve.

There is much that calls to us to put our faith in. All of it is vain except Jesus Christ. Place your trust in him alone, and let your heart be completely His. Then if you should be blessed to meet another who's heart belongs to Christ, you two can come together in a joint faith. But beware that you seek not an idol or god of flesh. Too many relationships and marriages suffer because one spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend expects their significant other to be honorable and true forever. To such people I say turn back to your "first love," Jesus Christ.

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