OK, this was poor scholarship. I didn’t write the name and author of the podcast talk I was listening to. I didn’t find the name of the person quoted. But a couple of months ago I noted in my pocket notebook (where I capture ideas whenever they occur):
“If my people understand me, I get their attention. If they trust me, I’ll get their action.”
This works in so many areas. It works with us individually as leaders–whether in business, in the church or in our families. It works with businesses as they build a brand–if you trust the brand, you will be more likely to buy their products. It works with churches if you are trying to lead the people somewhere. And it works with your relationship with God.
Trust? It means doing what you say you’ll do. Your words and your actions are congruent.
Paul, writing in Romans, says, “But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.” He’s writing here about Abraham (and people like him who followed) who trusted God first without trying to use following laws or doing rituals as a way to please God.
Trust takes a long time to develop but can be lost in an instant. Abraham found God to be trustworthy. He trusted God and God was worthy of that trust–He did what He said. In like manner, Abraham was trustworthy.
As inheritors of that faith, do we find God trustworthy? And are we to be trusted? To be trusted with leadership is an awesome burden, but worthy of a follower of God.
Faith Venture 
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