Someone On Whom To Depend

June 29

Man wants someone, something, upon whom or which he can depend. When he establishes a friendship, it is with the hope that it will be an abiding one. The old saying is that new friendships are silver; old ones are gold. When he makes a purchase—a car or a home or a refrigerator—he expects that he’s acquiring something of lasting quality.

Some of the major disappointments in life spring out of the reality that many of life’s trappings fall into the category of the corruptible. The purchase of equipment is with the understanding that as soon as the warranty expires, ‘programmed obsolescence’ will kick in.

Relationships, too, sometimes have an expiration date. The boyfriend or girlfriend who seemed like ‘the one’ at first meeting, who stood far above all others by comparison, who shined like the sun of the smitten one’s existence begins, with time, to diminish, to lack the radiance that once seemed to exude from every pore.

Yet the search continues—but the object of man’s diligent quest will not come until he finds the longing of his heart in Jesus. Of Him Paul says in II Thessalonians 3:3, “The Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.” Man may depend upon Him and on His strength and protection. His keeping power is everlasting!