Trust - Part Last (I think)

Mosiah 23:14 - And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister, except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.

So, as far as somebody to lead in spiritual matters, I should not trust them unless they trust in God. My wife should probably have the same perspective towards me. I am not to be trusted, unless I am trusting in God. So, for that reason it is important that I learn to how to trust God, and begin doing a better job at it. Otherwise, I am not worthy of her trust, at least not when it comes to spiritual matters.

On the chance that I have already shared this, I am going to do it anyway. I was in the National Guard for 8 years of my life and I learned something interesting. There were some guys in my unit who were LDS and some that weren't. I never deployed with any of them, but had it come down to the wire, I trusted most of them with my life. Some of them I trusted more than others, and some I had absolutely no doubt that if it came down to it, my life was safe in their hands, because if they could do anything to save it they would. On top of that, they had the ability, the skills, to do so.

On the other hand, there were many of the same guys that I would not have trusted my spiritual well-being to. They had interesting or conflicting ideas, or in the case of some of them raised LDS in open rebellion to God's teachings. Whichever the case was, they were not safe when it came to spiritual matters, and I would not have trusted myself to their keeping. If I had been weak spiritually, I believe they would have just let me fall. Not very good wingmen in that case.

So, Alma is not saying that it is unwise to trust somebody that is not trusting in God, when it comes to temporal matters. I can hire a plumber, who does not trust in God and he may do a bang-up job at fixing my pipes, but I don't want him to be my spiritual leader. Maybe I am the same way.

So, if I want to be a good spiritual leader for my wife and chillins, I have got to be sure I trust in God. Otherwise, I am not fit to fulfill the role. I am not ready for my wife to trust me in that role.

I guess the real question is, am I trusting in God? I think, the answer is yes, to an extent, but I do think I could do better. It is something I will have to continue to work on. Tomorrow, I will write, or begin writing, my great exposition on trust. Stay tuned.