Who do You Trust?

Back in the 18th Century, Benjamin Franklin, American patriot was appointed to design our paper money. With consciousness of the God living in him, he made sure that paper included the inscription, In God We Trust. He hoped that in seeing that inscription every time we pulled our money out, we’d value its worth and its Source.

Coming from his Colonial British Pound, this must have seemed a revolutionary idea indeed. God and money had never been connected before. But he also knew from his experience in the fast paced Colonial life, how money could be immorally used. That inscription was to remind us to hold money as sacred, pass it on to others, never allow dishonesty to diminish the sanctity of our exchange.

Do you and I still notice that inscription? Do we allow our identity with God to connect to the money. Aren’t we all more inclined to substitute: “in business we trust,” or “in government we trust,” or “ even in church .....? So who do we really trust?