“In God We Trust”


BIBLE READING: Psalm 55-60

                There are many controversial things about the paper and coinage our country uses for money.  Whose face will be on the bill or coin? Are there any hidden masonic messages include? And of course, the most controversial of all is why do we have “In God we Trust’ printed and minted on all our money? The phrase was first introduced on coins in 1864 due to the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.  It later made its way onto our paper money during World War II, as a means of reiterating that we were a country that was founded upon religious principles which was the exact opposite of our neighboring communist enemies.  In 1956 the nation’s motto was changed from “E Plurbius Unum” (meaning “out of many, one) to “In God we Trust”.   The phrase in not unique to the United States, in fact its origin in found within the book of Psalms. When David was taken captive by the Philistine at Gath, he wrote Psalms 56, which by many estimations is titled “In God I Trust”.  Throughout the Psalm David, mentions the phase “In God I trust” in some capacity around three times.  Each time it is followed by the expression, “what can man do to me?”  David wanted us to see, that it doesn’t matter how far his back is pushed up against a wall. It also doesn’t matter that all the odds are stacked against him.  It doesn’t even matter if his physical life is in jeopardy, his trust will always be on the unchangeable nature of God. Isn’t it ironic that one thing that Americans truly trust above anything else, is the one that that includes the phase “In God We Trust”? So the next time your reach into your pocket to pull out a dollar bill for the vending machine or today for your morning coffee, let it remind you that God is the only thing we can trust in. 

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