Your success, effectiveness and peace is not only determined by how well you relate with people you DO TRUST…but how well you are at relating with people that you DON’T TRUST.
Our ultimate trust is in God, but He didn’t put us on this earth alone.
God has also ordained it that there is little that we can accomplish alone.
Even God Himself uses His angels to relate to us…
Hebrews 11:14 (NKJV)
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
God let the captives in Babylon know that though they trusted Him, they were to pray for the peace of the city in which they lived because their peace was dependent on the city’s peace…
Jeremiah 29:7(NKJV)
And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
Jesus sent the first disciples out in pairs (Mark 6:7, Luke 10:1)…
The apostles worked in pairs, teams and even depended heavily on the early church for help.
As much as we are interdependent on another in this life, God also warned us about putting our trust in people rather than Him…
Psalm 118:8 (NKJV)
It is better to trust in the Lord. Than to put confidence in man.
Of course we all want to be in relationships and situations with people we trust, but that’s not always possible…Sometimes we can’t even trust our own selves.
It seems it’s getting harder and harder to trust people these days.
We have families, jobs, churches, communities, organizations that we are all a part of in which to live, but the fact is that you KNOW you can’t trust everyone…
In your family…
On your job…
In your church…
In your community…
In our government…
Sometimes we go through seasons and situations when we can’t trust our spouse, children, parents or even friends…because we are human beings being human.
Do we abandon these relationships and resources because of the lack of trust or total trust?
Of course not!
Your ability to be successful, effective and have peace in your life is just as dependent upon your ability to work and relate with people you DON’T trust as well as those you DO trust.
How do you do it?
First of all trust God first. If He has you in a situation, or you have allowed yourself into a situation where trust is limited…you still have to lean on His word, truth, character and TRUST HIM.
Second pray for wisdom and discernment so you can know WHO to trust and WHO NOT to trust.
Third pray for those whom you don’t trust that they submit themselves to God through our Lord and Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ. It’s bigger than just you or me…Ultimately it’s more about their relationship with God than ours with them.
Fourth, remain in God’s character so that you can set a standard and example of behavior and plant good seeds for God’s Kingdom. You do this by walking in the Spirit as defined in Galatians 5:22, 23.
Fifth, always make are always faithful and trustworthy in all your relationships.
And finally, remember that God had equipped you with everything you need for this LIFE and GODLINESS in this life, through His divine nature that is now inside you…
2 PETER 1:2-8 (NKJV)
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
No you can’t trust everyone…
The fact that we aren’t always faithful means that God can’t always trust us. But, we can always trust Him.
So,
Trust God…
Trust Yourself…
Be Trustworthy…
And remember, GOD IS GREATER THAN THOSE WHOM YOU DON’T TRUST.
Add this to your prayer life…”Lord give me the ability to relate with those I don’t trust.”
BE BLESSTIFIED!
BE BLESSTIFIED! 
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