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Let’s end the weak on a strong note.  What I mean is there are times we need reminders.  That would be like yesterday’s devotion about seeking God.  Today we take it a step further and talk about what we trust in.


Trusting in ourselves will mess us up.


Trusting in others will often leave us missing things.


Trusting in stuff won’t get us far enough.


So plainly put, trusting anything other than God is just wrong.


What happens when we choose to trust God?  What happens is our faith is strengthened.  What happens in our lives are beginning to take shape.  What happens is our future is set.  What happens is God begins, or more likely, continues to work in ways he alone can.


Proverbs 3:5-6  NASB

Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He will make your paths straight.


Trusting God alone gives us guidance that we desperately need.


Trust in ourselves leaves us wanted and leaves us lost.


Jeremiah 17:7  NASB

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose trust is the Lord.


I want to be blessed.  I want to live a blessed life.  I want my children to be blessed and to know blessings.  I want our church and our community and those we encounter find that true blessings come from the Lord and last a very long time.


The one who trusts God is blessed.

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