Jeremiah 17:7

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Jeremiah 17:7
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.”

The “but” is preceded in verse 5 by “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh, and whose heart turns away from the Lord.”

Old Testament, New Testament, the message is a drum beat: Trust in the Lord, Trust in the Lord, Trust in the Lord, Trust in the Lord. Do not trust in you, but have faith in the Lord. His ways are not our ways. His plans for us are greater than our plans for us. His love for us is greater than our love for us. His wisdom and knowledge is greater than ours. He is perfect and we’re not.

The drum beat goes on but we march to the beat of a different drummer. Old Testament, New Testament, we march to the world by choice, not by necessity. Prophet after prophet after savior we march in defiance, seemingly ignorant of the consequences. It’s not ignorant, it’s arrogant.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart soul and mind. Bring Him to your day, bring your day to Him, so that the ‘God of hope fills you with joy and peace as you trust him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit’ (paraphrased from Romans 15:13).

The beat goes on, the sun rises and sets, a day passes, then another, marching closer to His return. Our parade of life has a destination and a purpose. Have faith, follow His lead.

Be blessed, trust in the Lord, be blessed, trust in the Lord, be blessed, trust in the Lord, be blessed, trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Psalm 40:4 – Blessed is the one who trusts in the – Bible Gateway

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46