Luke 6

Jesus said to a large crowd: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?" (Verse 39)

When I was a kid, I went to summer camp with my church. While we were there, we did all kinds of trust-building activities. One of them included wearing blindfolds and trusting our friend to guide us around the camp. It was hilarious to watch, but terrifying if you were the one wearing the blindfold. 

It was less terrifying if you trusted the person leading you, it was less terrifying if you believed the person leading you didn't want to see you run into a tree or a ditch. Life is like that.

I have worked for bosses that I've trusted and bosses that I haven't trusted. The bosses that I trusted pushed me to do my best and made work an enjoyable experience. The bosses I didn't trust had me constantly looking over my shoulder and made life miserable.  

Americans may be divided politically, but I think we can all agree that it's hard to trust our leaders... All of them. It's hard to trust them because it doesn't feel like they are concrened about us, instead it feels like they are concerned about themselves. When we can't trust our elected leaders, the anxiety level in our communities increase and people _______ . (You fill in the blank... Today my friends and neighbors are buying guns. In the 1960's people built bunkers in case Russia sent a nuclear missile at us. In the late 1920's everyone ran to the banks to withdraw their money.) 

Life can be terrifying when we don't trust the people leading us, but it can be even worse when we trust them and they let us down. We look back through history and wonder how we let Vietnam happen like it did? How did we let this recession happen? Why did we ignore the warning signs leading to Pearl Harbor or 9/11?

Our leaders are imperfect. They have always been imperfect because they are human, and without exception, humans are imperfect. When we put our faith in a human, we are the blind being led by the blind.

As Christians, we vote for and trust the leaders that we think will do their best for our community or country.

But our hope for a better future lies within. We must keep our eyes open to what is going on and our faith in the one whom we can always trust, Jesus. 

Bosses come and go. Elected officials come and go. Crises come and go. Wars come and go. Life comes and goes.

Jesus remains.