Trusting in man

Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.  – Jeremiah 17.5-6

As I look around from my little corner of the world I see a lot that is good. I see good solid Christians loving each other and loving others. I see people doing good for each other. Sometime it can be easy to think we would be fine without God.

But that would be a mistake. Look at the history of the world and the world today. Eventually man fails. All the great utopias of the world have failed because at the end of the day we all look after number one.

When we start trusting in man it is because we have departed from trusting the Lord and have stopped trusting Him. When we get to that point where we leave off trusting God to trust others it is evidence that our hearts have departed from the Lord.

There is a lot of ‘trusting in man’ on today. There are folks for whom trusting a man’s politics override his character. Nothing seems to matter as long as their politics are right.

Trusting in man is a dangerous choice. Instead let us do right and trust the Lord with the results.