Who Can We Trust?

Today a promise carries little or no weight

Especially in this era here of late

People make promises they know they can’t keep

Then lie down at nights and go to sleep.

It is like this is the norm; it’s nothing wrong

And the argument everybody’s doing it is very strong

Apparently when wrong is strong it becomes right

So that false promises is now a liar’s delight.

“Yes check with me around the end of this week.”

You call and you visit but can’t find the sneak

The next time that the two of you happen to meet

There are lots of sweet words but talk is cheap.

Conscience nowadays appears on the decline

Thoughts are bombarded with so many people in mind

People who promised but never followed through

Leaving their victims waiting still to receive their due.

A promise is comfort but only to a fool

Where the fool becomes a sucker and is used as a tool

Over and over he falls for the same old trick

Hoping that this time it would be worth the trip

“Who can we trust?” is the question often asked

“No one,” you hear, presenting an onerous task

But we have to trust someone to get some things done

Be it lawyer or priest or some other person

Let me introduce you to someone whom you can trust

Hold on!  This is real.  There is no need to fuss.

I know you’ve been disappointed many times before

But just hear me out, there’s so much in store

In any case there is nothing really to lose

Since you have been let down, confused and abused

So let’s go straight to the indisputable record

Which we all know is God’s Holy Word

The first one I’ll mention is Romans 4 verse 21

What God has promised He is able to perform

“Before the world began,” it says in Titus 1 verse 2

“God who cannot lie,” promises eternal life to me and to you.

  

Hold fast the profession of your faith and not waver

For He that promised is our faithful Saviour

And so we look for new heavens and a new earth

According to his promise to them who are of the new birth.

God’s promises are yea!  He will never go back

Unlike men, concerning his promises He is not slack

The promise is that He has promised to us eternal life

Guaranteed after we’ve gone through this present strife.

So, in whom can we trust if we cannot trust in God?

Certainly not in the devil, that villainous fraud

And surely not in man for the arm of flesh will inevitably fail

It’s only the promises of God that will eternally prevail.

Stewart Russell © April, 2017