Trust Isn’t To Be Trusted

Placing trust in someone doesn’t mean they are trustworthy. Trusting a chair to hold you up doesn’t mean it’s sturdy enough to do the job of bearing your weight. Trust must have a basis. Otherwise, it’s not to be trusted.

Trust is a word that’s being discussed a lot these days. That’sprobably why I was intrigued by astory about trust in the Old Testament.

Without getting too caught up in the details, here’s the background: The King of Assyria sends an armyto fight the Israelites led by King H...