Jeremiah 17:5-8

Praise the name of our lord Jesus Christ. I trust that the grace of our Lord has been sufficient to us all and i want to welcome you to another exciting commentary about those who completely trust in the lord Jesus Christ.

The bible reminds us of an important aspect of our lives, TRUST . Many a times in our daily life routine we have things or people who when we ran into an issue, they are the first people we resort to seek help from. Most of them maybe our closest friends ,relatives, church members, our pastors, spouses, children, our bosses and many of them that i cant list them all. Life has a way of making a series of patterns and occurrences where once we get help, from certain persons, we tend to give them a high esteem and always will run to them whenever we get ourselves into trouble. This slowly builds the trust we have on them that whenever so and so are around then we seem to be relaxed because we have a sense of trust in them to solve all of our problems.

The bible in Jeremiah warns of the things that will befall those who put their trust completely in men and what will become of those who put their trust in the almighty God.

5 Thus saith the LORD: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

Well, have you ever wondered why things always fail to work for you? ever wondered why those investors keep pulling out of the deal when everything seem to be in place? ever wondered why things just collapse when it nears the final stage? Is your guess as good as mine? YES, CHANCES ARE IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH WHO YOU HAVE TRUSTED! The Lord is not a man that He can lie, if you go against His principals, then you have to deal with the consequences. CURSED is any man that has put their trust in men, cursed is he who trust that when trouble comes they have someone who by just a snap of the finger, all their problems disappear.

The Lord is against such people and this curse can only be broken by them going back to Him.

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh: but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,in a salt land and not inhabited.

The bible warns that this person will be like a heath in the desert, owning nothing, no investments, no lucrative business deals no nothing good coming his way, inhabiting unproductive salt rich wilderness. All this is for anyone of us who will put their trust in men and not in the Lord Jesus Christ. We have a choice to make good people,let not the pressure of life push you into making decisions that are irrational. The Lord God is faithful,He is on the door knocking…are you ready to open your heart and welcome him in?.

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought,neither shall cease from yielding fruits.

The Lord delights in a man who completely has his trust in Him, one whose hope is in the Lord. He compares that person with a tree that is planted by the waters,(clearly the soil has all the nutrients it needs for a proper growth of anything planted thereby). He is likened to a tree that will never have its leaves wither nor shed to allow circumstances, they shall be green in all seasons giving forth fruits for the conditions is right all through. The Lord delights with such a person, my question is this today, are you willing to let the Lord worry for your problems? are you ready to trust God completely to a point of being laughed upon by worldly people? are you ready to be called names for your complete trust in the Lord?

God knew us even before we were formed in our mothers womb. He has good plans for us, the question is brethren, where our trust at? It is my humble request that we should let our worries be of the Lord, let us completely trust in Him and he will surely plant us in His ever flowing grace.

May the keep you and may the desires of your hearts be met by He who searches our hearts.

God name be praised, AMEN.