A Relationship with Trust & Truth
Beware of relationships that have trust but no truth.
When we are struck with worry due to a lack of understanding or inability to overcome a situation, we start talking and listening to those we trust, and because we trust someone, we expect to receive the truth from them. However, just because you trust someone doesn’t mean they are being truthful. When we turn to our trusted relationships, we should experience truth along with an action reflecting love.
Daniel 2:1-12
After the first year of Israel experiencing Babylonian captivity, God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream that struck the king so strongly that it kept him from sleeping. As the king summoned his enchanters and magicians to help him understand the dream, he wanted to ensure that he was being told the truth. So, instead of simply trusting their information, he tested them in such a way that he would know that the information he was receiving would absolutely be true.
The test was literally the expectation of them to know his thoughts. We may become so familiar with a close friend that we can predict their response to a situation and know what would make them joy-filled. But, no one ever simply knows the thoughts of another individual.
Paul states the impossibility of someone knowing the thoughts of another equal to the impossibility of humanity being able to comprehend the thoughts of God (1 Cor. 2:11). But when thoughts are revealed, trust is given, and truth is received. The trust that Daniel had in God was built on truth, so much so that Daniel spoke in faith because he trusted the relationship he had with the Lord. When Daniel heard he was about to be killed because of the failure of the king’s enchanters and magicians, Daniel requested an opportunity to go before the king and tell him his dream and its interpretation (Dan. 2:16). To take that faith a step further, he recruited his friends to pray with him for God to show them the dream and interpretation (Dan 2:17).
We’re not told the timeframe it took for God to reveal the dream, but I gather it was not long at all. Daniel’s immediate response was to praise God for giving him the information he needed. As Daniel came before the king, the king asked if he was the one who would tell him his dream and its interpretation. Daniel took that moment as an opportunity to turn the glory and acknowledgement to “the God of heaven” and explain that he, Daniel, was only there to serve (Dan 2:26-29). Daniel expressed the source of truth but also expressed his love for God by giving glory to God.
To take a step of faith like Daniel did, we must have our own trusted relationship with the Lord that we rely on to receive truth that leads our lives. What truth do you know about God, and do you live in such a way that your life depends on it?
When we are struck with worry due to a lack of understanding or inability to overcome a situation, we start talking and listening to those we trust, and because we trust someone, we expect to receive the truth from them. However, just because you trust someone doesn’t mean they are being truthful. When we turn to our trusted relationships, we should experience truth along with an action reflecting love.
Daniel 2:1-12
After the first year of Israel experiencing Babylonian captivity, God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream that struck the king so strongly that it kept him from sleeping. As the king summoned his enchanters and magicians to help him understand the dream, he wanted to ensure that he was being told the truth. So, instead of simply trusting their information, he tested them in such a way that he would know that the information he was receiving would absolutely be true.
The test was literally the expectation of them to know his thoughts. We may become so familiar with a close friend that we can predict their response to a situation and know what would make them joy-filled. But, no one ever simply knows the thoughts of another individual.
Paul states the impossibility of someone knowing the thoughts of another equal to the impossibility of humanity being able to comprehend the thoughts of God (1 Cor. 2:11). But when thoughts are revealed, trust is given, and truth is received. The trust that Daniel had in God was built on truth, so much so that Daniel spoke in faith because he trusted the relationship he had with the Lord. When Daniel heard he was about to be killed because of the failure of the king’s enchanters and magicians, Daniel requested an opportunity to go before the king and tell him his dream and its interpretation (Dan. 2:16). To take that faith a step further, he recruited his friends to pray with him for God to show them the dream and interpretation (Dan 2:17).
We’re not told the timeframe it took for God to reveal the dream, but I gather it was not long at all. Daniel’s immediate response was to praise God for giving him the information he needed. As Daniel came before the king, the king asked if he was the one who would tell him his dream and its interpretation. Daniel took that moment as an opportunity to turn the glory and acknowledgement to “the God of heaven” and explain that he, Daniel, was only there to serve (Dan 2:26-29). Daniel expressed the source of truth but also expressed his love for God by giving glory to God.
To take a step of faith like Daniel did, we must have our own trusted relationship with the Lord that we rely on to receive truth that leads our lives. What truth do you know about God, and do you live in such a way that your life depends on it?
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