Jerimiah 17

Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”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 ‭17‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.“

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I HEARD YESHUA TELL ME:

"I am these waters, I AM accessible by all. Only SOME choose to use that which I have provided and put their trust in me. Others choose to seek that which man can offer. They will always lack. They won't receive the living water which I am here to give."

I recently had an opportunity to either doubt in what the Lord has promised or trust in His abundant provision. I realised how easy it is to doubt and put all of my trust in man. Even though I knew I wanted to trust God, it seemed impossible.

Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭37‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”Not one promise from God is empty of power. Nothing is impossible with God!”

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I once asked Yeshua how I can become a better person and a better man of faith. We all strive each day to become more like Him, but how do we do that? By identifying His character and implementing it into our own lives bit by bit, we reflect God's image.

Time and again, we can decipher God's character by looking at what He says. In these pieces of scripture (Jer 17:5-8), for instance, we can see that God's character is loving and caring as He gives all of us the opportunity to be planted by the waters and have that sustenance. We just need to put our trust in Him. We can also see that His character is fair and with that He gives us free will. Some people then choose to put their trust in man and they become like shrubs in the desert without God's sustenance.

It always seems daunting to put all your trust in God because it seems impossible to our humanity. Through acting in His character and strengthening ours, it becomes easier to put our trust in the Lord because we start to understand Him and that which He promises!

When the Lord shows us that His character is loving, caring and fair, it might seem irrelevant and self-evident to try and implement it into our lives, but most of us don't even notice than we lack acting in these characters of God. We need to act loving and caring when people act indifferent to us and through that we are fair because we show grace and mercy towards these people. This is the way Jesus acts when we are indifferent with Him and we cannot expect Him to have grace and mercy with us when we cannot give that to anyone else.

Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭104‬-‭105‬ ‭TLV‬‬

”From Your precepts I get discernment, therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.“

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When we truly understand the importance of not acting indifferent towards God and man, it gets much easier to trust in Yeshua. For He promises in His Word to be a lamp unto our feet and hence guide us to acting in His ways.

It's time to rise up Sons of God! It's time to stop trusting in everything BUT Yeshua. He is the one that died on the cross. He sacrificed everything so that we can once again dwell with Him. Are we going to keep ignoring that which He has provided for us and thirst the rest of our days, or are we going to trust in Him and the promises He gives us, for us to prosper and have a better future and hope (Jer 29:11)?

MAY WE ALWAYS PUT OUR TRUST IN THE MOST HIGH!

MAY WE NEVER BECOME LIKE A SHRUB, EASILY UPROOTED AND DISCARDED!

MAY WE BE TREES PLANTED BY THE WATERS, DEEPLY ROOTED IN CHRIST!