def of trust: to have confidence in a person or thing

def of trust: to have confidence in a person or thing, especially in reference to a person and having confidence in their integrity, ability, or character.

That definition is put in my own words after skimming several different definitions and sites. The other day while driving down the road I was having a conversation with my son about earning my trust if he wanted to be able to do things and have more freedom.  Trust is a hard concept for kids.  It's a more abstract concept and they can't see the cause and effect of disobeying our rules and instructions for them. I was attempting to explain why when he disobeyed the rules one time (by not being where I had asked him to be) it would keep me from trusting him enough to allow him to go play at his friends house the next time.

I am not sure if my son understood me or not.  I guess we will see the next time I allow him to go play at a friends house.  As I was discussing it with him though I realized that my son had to have trust in me to allow me to decide what was best for him. I think I've done a pretty good job of proving myself trustworthy to my kids. Afterall I have raised them and taken care of them all their lives.  Then I realized that we are not much different than my son when it comes to our trust in God. We struggle with our trust or our faith in God even though he has been consistent in his promises to us. We can't always see why he chooses the path he has chosen for us or why he won't allow us the thing we think we want most, but we have to trust in him and know that he always has our best interest at heart.  But if we don't follow his instructions we could end up kidnapped by the enemy........do you see the analogy here?

So my thought for the day is to follow God's instructions and pathways in your life even when you can't see what he's doing.  We can have total confidence in our Savior that he is in control of everything even when we can't see it.