Who Do You Trust?
“Cursed (frustrated) is the man who trusts in man … Blessed (fulfilled) is the man who trusts’ in the Lord.” (Jeremiah 17:5,7)
FRUSTRATED OR FULFILLED … we are one or the other. Twelve spies sneaked into Canaan. Only two of them trusted God. The other ten didn’t like what they saw … giants and well-defended cities.
Oh, they were intelligent enough. And they were practical enough. But they lacked the one ingredient upon which victory was keyed … trust.
When they saw the odds, they did the logical thing, inventoried their own military assets. After all, you can’t kill giants with slingshots … haven’t we heard a story about that? Their military stockpile didn’t stack up to well so they drug home to make their somber report: “We don’t stand a chance!”
Were they cursed? Well, the graves of those ten are somewhere out there in the wilderness, along with hundreds of thousands of others who placed their trust in them.
The wilderness begins where trust in God ends. “Cursed is the man who trusts in man … He shall swell in the parched places of the wilderness” (Jeremiah 17:5,6). Forty years later, with greater odds against them, their children and grandchildren were victorious. Why? Where was the difference? In implements of war? NO! In the shrinking of the giants? NO! In depleted forces of the enemy? NO! The difference was “the trust factor.” They trusted in the Lord. And they were blessed.
The wilderness ends where trust in God begins. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord. He is like a tree planted by the water” (Jeremiah 17:7,9).
The above came to me from an unknown source. I made a few changes and would like to pass it on for your encouragement. Truly God’s people are “… Blessed is he who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments! He is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord” (Psalm 112:1,7)
FRUSTRATED OR FULFILLED … we are one or the other. Twelve spies sneaked into Canaan. Only two of them trusted God. The other ten didn’t like what they saw … giants and well-defended cities.
Oh, they were intelligent enough. And they were practical enough. But they lacked the one ingredient upon which victory was keyed … trust.
When they saw the odds, they did the logical thing, inventoried their own military assets. After all, you can’t kill giants with slingshots … haven’t we heard a story about that? Their military stockpile didn’t stack up to well so they drug home to make their somber report: “We don’t stand a chance!”
Were they cursed? Well, the graves of those ten are somewhere out there in the wilderness, along with hundreds of thousands of others who placed their trust in them.
The wilderness begins where trust in God ends. “Cursed is the man who trusts in man … He shall swell in the parched places of the wilderness” (Jeremiah 17:5,6). Forty years later, with greater odds against them, their children and grandchildren were victorious. Why? Where was the difference? In implements of war? NO! In the shrinking of the giants? NO! In depleted forces of the enemy? NO! The difference was “the trust factor.” They trusted in the Lord. And they were blessed.
The wilderness ends where trust in God begins. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord. He is like a tree planted by the water” (Jeremiah 17:7,9).
The above came to me from an unknown source. I made a few changes and would like to pass it on for your encouragement. Truly God’s people are “… Blessed is he who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments! He is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord” (Psalm 112:1,7)
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