Faith

"...the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to trust God, but that God's character has to be cleared in our own minds. ...Faith in the Bible is faith in God against everything that contradicts Him - I will remain true to God's character whatever He may do. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.'" - Oswald Chambers

"That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day." - 2 Timothy 1:12

This season of life is one in which God has been teaching me a lot about faith on a deeper level. It is a faith that says, "I know what is in man, but I put my trust in and bank my faith in the unwavering character of God rather than on humanity." There is a level of trust that we can and do hold in people, but the problem is the nature within. Even with the best of intentions, people are unable to be always faithful, consistent and true. Only God is that way in His unchanging nature. His is one of love, of faithfulness, of truth.

2 Timothy 2: 11-13 says:

Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with him,
we will also live with him;
if we endure,
we will also reign with him.
If we disown him,
he will also disown us;
if we are faithless,
he will remain faithful,
for he cannot disown himself.

God cannot and does not change in who He is and how He responds based on a particular situation. He remains faithful to His character. People, even I, am not like that, at least not all the time. That is why we must only, and above all else, bank our faith on the character of God.