by Cathy Vinson

Entrusting to Jesus...entrusting anything of value to Jesus. Somehow we deceive ourselves into thinking that if we do this we are in fact throwing it away. Instead we tend to walk through life continually "pierced with many griefs" (1 Tim 6:10).

If we evaluate the thing of very most value we could say it would be ANY part of God, His love, power, mercy, mystery, wisdom, etc. If we were to think of something of incomprehensible value it would be the FULLNESS of God. From there, if we were to think of such a risky proposition as to defy reason amd shut down the whole universe it would be God committing ALL His fullness into one particular area.

If the all-knowing, all-powerful God were to do such a thing, it could be cataclysmic, only perceivable under tremendous severity and strain.

But no. Ironically, we see a different word. God was "pleased" to commit His fullness. It is almost as if it was a leisurely, pleasurable event to commit His fullness to this One Jesus. Our God is not unwise, and He HAS DONE SUCH A THING!

Let us rethink our original hangup. Is it wasteful to give something we value over to this same Jesus? May it ever remain ridiculous to us to think of doing anything but tossing, piling on, pitching our greatest treasures onto the Trustworthy One, the One of greatest safekeeping!

(Col 1:19)