CAN GOD TRUST YOU?

I asked a friend an important question. She suffers from severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in much of her body. She is also a strong Christian and one of the wisest and gentlest people I know. I asked her how she could still rejoice and trust God in the middle of all her physical pain and troubles.

She looked at me, with joy in her eyes and said, that it was her honor to do something for God. She said that she was glad that he trusted her to suffer and still be faithful. Whew.

I admire her, but I am far behind her in areas of faith and trust. I tend to whine when hard times come by me.

I listened to Ravi Zacharias on youtube last night. He leads or works with a number of different organizations, one of which is Let My People Think. He has much to say on the subject of faith and is a brilliant man. He spoke in a way that was akin to what my friend said. He said that God allows some of his greatest servants to suffer much for him. I must confess that I am not volunteering, but I'm thinking that I could gain a better attitude or perspective from their wisdom.

I have a few extremely difficult people in my life right now. I was rolling the challenge around in my head, thinking that problems can make it hard to trust God. Then the thought came to me; does God trust me to do what I should? Maybe he is handing me difficult people to love, respect, teach and learn from, because he can trust that I will represent him in the way I should. Maybe God trusts me with some of his fragile and broken people who at this moment in their lives, need some compassion.

Can God trust me?