Good Morning Friends,
“This is what the LORD says: ‘Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.’” (Jeremiah 17:5-8)
The question is: where will we put our trust?
We can trust in our own intelligence, our own abilities, our own efforts. God will allow us to trust in those things. But that is a very short-sighted choice. It may get us what we think we want out of life: wealth, success, pleasure, fame, security. But it will ultimately leave us empty and dry.
Or we can choose to trust in the Lord. In that choice alone is ultimate satisfaction. It is that choice which leads to a security that cannot be altered by what happens in this world. It is that choice which does not experience terror when things turn sour in this life.
So, where will we put our trust?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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