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Distrust can be a good thing. What? What? Well, the reason we lock our doors at night is because we distrust individuals who would like to steal, harm, and invade our homes. We put on our seat belts because we distrust the driving of others. We do our taxes because we distrust others to do them for us, especially the government. The list is huge. Jesus distrusted what was in man. John 2:24,25  But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. He did not commit Himself to man because He did not trust them. Part of training and teaching our children is to give them a balanced and sound understanding of who to trust and who not to trust. When a person comes to a new church, the question in their mind is can I trust this church to teach the Word of God accurately, consistently, and with authority. Distrust can also be a bad thing if we distrust a right person, or one we should trust. Be careful not to fall into a rut of distrust because you have been hurt or harmed so as to distrust everyone. Trust God! Yes. Know who is trustable and who is not. Don’t make people you have made commitments or covenants with earn your trust. “Trust is earned” can be very conflicted. Be careful to whom you give your trust. That also sounds conflicting… it is. It is never right to not trust God. That is the essence of Faith, saving Faith, sanctifying Faith, and securing Faith. Ask God for wisdom and grace to love. 

In the profound ending to the Narnia Chronicles, C.S. Lewis tries to share the absolute joy coming to all those who will come at the end of their earthly lives and be united with our God for all of eternity:

The things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before. C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, p.165.

This is a renewing of the mind. We are not home. We are just beginning the great eternal journey that will be our destiny. Remind yourself of this truth that we are not home, and this is not our home, but we are to live according to that truth, not living in this world, or loving this world, and even being influenced by this world. We are passing through to another place that Jesus is preparing for us. I go to prepare a place for you… I will come again… that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:2,3) Remind yourself of this truth. We are made for another place so live like that.