Jesus identified with us by becoming human and entering into the entire human plight. Furthermore, Jesus remains human even though he is now exalted to the highest place at God’s right hand.  There, he continually represents us in the presence of his Father.  He ever lives to intercede for us as those who are always in his heart.

The exalted Jesus comes to us personally as the living one by his Spirit.  This encounter opens our hearts to trust in him.  And as those who now trust in Jesus, we enjoy all the blessings that are found in him alone. 

So what’s so special about trust?  Nothing! We are not blessed by God because of our trust but only because of the one who is trusted – Jesus.   Trust isn’t focused on our trust at all.  We are focused only on the one who has proved himself entirely trustworthy. Our trust in Jesus is a declaration of bankruptcy, a radical and shattering recognition that the only thing that counts is Jesus.  Whatever else might be considered worthy of our trust is not trustworthy if it takes us away from the one who is worthy of our trust.

When we trust in Jesus, we acknowledge that the only thing that counts before God is Jesus. If we depend on anything else, we are distracted from the only one who counts.  True trust in Jesus must be trust in him alone.