Trust

Mark Estepp - 2/16/2025

Distant. Divided. Dysfunctional. Devour. Devastation.

Honor is due.

Love is the greatest commandment.

Forgiveness is a given.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

Proverbs 11:13

A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.

Trust

Trust can be eroded or earned.

Eroded:

Apathy

Exaggeration

Deception

Shame

Blame

Earned:

Integrity

Honesty

Transparency

Reliability

Ownership

Trust has levels and layers.

Levels:

Character

Credibility

Consistency 

Layers:

Competency

Calling

Chemistry 

There is a connection between trust and blessing.

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.