Jeremiah 17:7-8 5/8/2018*8*

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They 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.”

What is the basis of your confidence? Does your source of assurance have the ability to endure difficult seasons?

This passage doesn’t say that trusting God eliminates problems. It says it provides sustenance to get through them. Storms will come, it will get hot, and there will difficult periods of drought.  

The location of your roots will not only determine your survival, but according to this verse, will determine the level of fear, and anxiety you experience.

There are bodies of water that appear with the rain but disappear in the heat of summer.  Those who depend on these temporary superficial sources of hope will struggle with fear and worry and will eventually perish.

But if you place your confidence in God.  If you plant yourselves next to His flowing stream of love and value, you will never lack the life-giving nourishment of His holiness.

Examine your source of confidence today. 

Make sure it not a shallow momentary source that will dry up when things get difficult.  Sink your roots next to God’s eternal spring of hope which will endure all seasons. It alone, can provide you with peace and assurance, and ensure that you produce the fruit you were created to produce.

“I abound not because I have a good store of money in the bank, nor because I have skill and wit with which to win my bread, but because the Lord is my shepherd.”
– Charles Spurgeon