I have shared for the last few months in what I have been preaching that people are God’s most precious treasure. That is true, but have you realized that people are difficult?
Surely you know what I am talking about and have experienced this reality. As I close out this week’s devotion I want to remind you to keep you eyes on Jesus. Don’t let the people around you distract you, discourage you and damage your way with God.
Why?
First of all, people will mess up and mess you up. We need each other, but because we live in a world full of sin and pain, people will do things that really are messed up.
Romans 3:23 NLT
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
Second of all, people will fail you. Those you put the most trust in. Those you think will never hurt you or walk away will do just that.
Jeremiah 17:5 and 7 NLT
This is what the Lord says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord… 7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
Third and finally, God intends for us to trust Him above all others. People will fail us. People are flawed like us. But God is faithful always.
Psalm 146:3 and 5 NLT
Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there… 5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
May our eyes be on God and not on people. May we experience the joy of the Lord in our relationships with other people. We need each other.
People in our lives should make us better and bitter, stronger and not weaker, more like Jesus and less like the world. The only way this can happen is to have a proper perspective.
Trust God. Live out your Faith and know that God is working all around you. But be careful not to put too much trust in those who are messed up and those who will fail you.
This is a hard devotion for me share because I love people. I live to serve others, yet I have to be remind often that my hope, my help and my salvation is from God. People will often look like and act like the world. But God uses the people around us for His glory and His good in our lives. Keep that in mind.
Keep your eyes on Jesus. Watch how He works through your life and through others. He is doing amazing things!
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