A Matter of Trust

Psalms 31:5 (NET)
Into your hand I entrust my life; you will rescue me, O LORD, the faithful God.


In Texas, geckos have become as much a part of the landscape as pecan trees and bluebonnets.

These pinkish brown lizards made their way into Texas and decided that they liked it here as much as the rest of us and made it their home as well.

They really are amazing little creatures. When they are young their skin has a transparent quality and you can actually see their tiny hearts beating.

They can scale everything from rough walls to smooth glass and even hang upside down from ceilings.

They also have another quality. They can squeeze through the tiniest of cracks.

I find them in my garage all the time and occasionally they make their way into my home.

I have no animosity toward them, in fact, I really like these tiny creatures.

While my home is a great place for me to live, I know that for them it really is not.

In fact, their chance of survival inside my home is greatly diminished.

I try to capture them if I can and release them into the bushes by my patio.

This is not easy for a number of reasons. They are tiny, fast, agile and have detachable tails.

Final score: Geckos 4, Jim 0.

Although I want to save them, they see me as just another predator to elude and they succeed far more often than I do.

Recently, I found several gecko corpses by accident.

I found them in the crease that exists between the edge of my front door and the door frame where it hinges.

Apparently, these saw me when I came in before I saw them.

They looked at the crease that formed between the open door and the frame as a safe place in which to hide from me. Their place of refuge then turned into a trap from which there was no escape.

"What a pity", I thought, "that these little fellows mistrust my intentions. If only they knew that I just wanted to take them gently in my hands and place them where they belong."

Yet, isn't that the way we are? Isn't that the way we have always been since the beginning?

God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. He gave them everything they needed and gave them only one restriction, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

They were not to eat of its fruit. They were not even to touch it.

Yet, they did.

And as soon as they did, they realized that what they did was wrong and tried to hide themselves from God.

Genesis 3:8 (NET) - Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the orchard.


Things have not changed very much. We still make poor choices. We still end up in places and situations we shouldn't. We still sin.

And when we do, we do what the geckos do. We try to run from God rather than running to Him. We allow fear to keep us from putting our lives into His loving hands and trusting Him to put us where He knows we need to be.

Remember, He only wants what truly is best for you.

2 Peter 3:9 (NET) - The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because He does not wish any to perish but for all to come to repentance.


Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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