Jeremiah 17:5,7  Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength....Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Jeremiah paints a vivid picture of contrast between the man-truster and the God-truster. If those are real words. To trust in humanity is to be "like a shrub in the desert" of an uninhabited salt waste (17:6). A dismal existence, indeed. To trust in the Lord, however, is to be "like a tree planted by water," which keeps green leaves and sprouts fruit even in drought (17:8). And notice: there is no third option. We trust in God or we trust in humanity; we lean on heaven or we lean on earth.

Strictly speaking, there are no unbelievers; we all believe in something or someone. Our heavenly Father calls us to trust him, for he is trustworthy, gracious, merciful, perfect - everything humanity is not. Planted in the baptismal water of Christ, enlivened by him, we are blessed and fruitful, for we are joined to him who is Life itself.
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