Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord
I can never stress enough that you must put your trust in God. You can have confidence in His ministers and prophets, but you should place your trust only in God Almighty.
How do we put our trust in God? You may ask. The answer is: through FAITH!
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” Hebrews 11:1.
Fun fact: This was the verse we had printed on our wedding invitation cards!
One day, while Jesus was teaching inside a jam-packed house, He heard a tumult on the roof. Men were removing the tiles to lower a paralyzed man before Him. Watching the roof open, Jesus saw a mat coming down, and then He saw the one thing He was looking for before He acted: their faith (Luke 5:20)!
The man had confidence in his friends to bring him to Jesus, but the friends had FAITH in Jesus to heal.
True Christians in your life, whether it’s friends, family or leaders, should do the same thing as the friends in Luke 5 did: "encourage you to put your faith in Jesus."
The Bible warns against placing too much trust on people:
“Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there” - Psalm 146:6
But instead:
“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water” - Jeremiah 17:7-8
friend, ask the Lord today to: 1. Increase your faith in Him 2. Show you in which areas your faith needs to grow 3. Reveal to you the people in your life that you should not trust.
Let me pray for you: “Lord, make friend like a tree planted by the water, securely rooted in You. Help friend to put all their faith and trust in You alone!”
