Why You Can’t Put Your Faith in People

Have you ever been shaken by a scandal in the Church? It’s hard not
to have been, especially amidst scandals on a major scale or ones
involving people we’ve looked up to and loved. When these things
come to light, it’s common for people to start to blame the Church,
and—sometimes—to leave their faith. If we feel the need to
reexamine our belief in God and the Church because of something
someone else did, maybe our faith should have been in God and not a
person who’s broken just like us. We’re incredibly blessed to have
such a vast community of Christian believers in our world who
strive towards the way of Christ and in many ways dedicate their
lives to the service of others. But just because they’re followers
of Christ doesn’t mean they’re perfect. As humans we have a natural
inclination towards sin that we’ve inherited from the first sin of
Adam. And it’s important that we see this for what it is, because
if we put our faith in anyone other than our Creator, we put our
faith in someone that can’t satisfy our hearts. Let’s ask God to
help us build a stronger relationship with him so that always look
to the foundation of the Church and the faithfulness of God instead
of putting our hope in the ways of man.