Have you ever considered how spiritual an attribute trust is?  Years ago I experienced a crushing betrayal.  It wasn’t the first time and it wasn’t the last time, but it was a painful time.  For most of my life the next scene after betrayal for me, was disconnect.  I thought that good people were trustworthy and bad people were not trustworthy.  Hence, there was nothing to do after betrayal except reject the betrayer and severe the relationship.

My problem was that I knew that this person was not a bad person, even though they might have violated my trust in them.

It was then that I began to understand from God that trust was a highly spiritual attribute.  In areas of our lives where we are ruled by our spirit (in communion with God) we are trustworthy.  In areas of lives where we are still ruled by our flesh (our mind, body and emotions) we are not trustworthy.

Further He showed me that often we our deceived about our own trustworthiness and others are too.  Frequently we do things that we think demonstrate our trustworthiness, when actually we are just acting in our own self interest.  It can get confusing because we seem to be doing what we are trusted to do.

For example, when we get up and go to work every day are we being trustworthy?  Or, are we just doing what we need to do to keep our job?

Try this example:  God speaks to you tonight and tells you that in three weeks from Sunday He is going to move in your church and do signs, wonders and miracles - Big time!  The outpouring will last a month, and the city will be changed.  Further He tells you to go to church and announce this on Sunday morning.  Are you being trustworthy if you do that?  God said to do something and you do it?  Does that confirm that you are trustworthy?

Consider this example:  God speaks to you tonight and tells you that in three weeks from Sunday He is going to move in your church and do signs, wonders and miracles - Big time!  The outpouring will last a month, and the city will be changed.  Further He tells you not to tell anyone.  Absolutely no one is to know that God spoke this message to you.  God has just told you the biggest thing to happen in your city, possibly ever, and He doesn’t want anyone to know that He told you about it ahead of time.  This could be a real problem if you are resident prophetic person, dreamer, etc.

Sum it up this way.  The first example is full of good news, not the least of which might be that when you tell people the message, and then God comes and moves, everyone will know that you hear from God.  If you give the announcement on Sunday morning you will be obedient. Don’t be deceived; that doesn’t mean that you are trustworthy.  Predictable behavior doesn’t measure trustworthiness.

On the other hand, if you can keep this confidence that God has shared with you would be correct to assess that no one else will know that God is speaking to you.  Oops! This is way more important than what people think about you.  God of course already knows that He speaks to you, but now He will also know that to whatever measure, you are trustworthy.

Make no mistake.  It is far better to called trustworthy by God, than to be popular.