“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).
Note the contrasts:
· cursed or blessed
· shrubs or trees
· desert or water
· parched places or roots by the river
· shall not see good or is not anxious in the year of drought
· uninhabited salt land or bearing fruit unceasingly
The contrasts are great, and the difference is whether we are trusting in man or in the Lord.
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*Excerpted from Being Christian. To purchase, visit ccmbooks.org/bookstore.
