Be Blessed

"Blessed are those who put their trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverside with roots that go deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by trhe heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green and they go right on producing delicious fruit." Jeremiah 17:7-8

What does it look like to trust in the Lord? What does it look like to have him be our hope and our confidence? What does it look like to push our trust for ourselves aside? What does it look like to let go of what we want and what we think is best for us? What does it look like to fall and let the Lord catch us?

I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe that he was born as a human and walked around the earth as a man. I believe that he lived his life that was pleasing to his father in heaven. I believe that he was accused for falsehood and was murdered. I believe that he was risen again. I believe that he died so that I may live. I believe all these things. Belief is one thing, but trust is a completely different concept. I trust that God will take care of me...for the most part, but there is this human side of me. This human side that makes me want to take care of things myself. This human side that thinks it needs to take over. This human side that needs to protect itself and deal with situations on its own. However, the truth is, this side takes over way too much. It tries to control and dominate. God needs to start being the central. He needs to be where we go for our problems, our joys, our life in general. He needs to be where we go for wisdom and to understand what is going on in our lives. People are great, but God needs to come first. I need to take that step. That step that says, I trust that things will work out because my God is a loving God. God cares about his people and he will protect them.