A Call for Repentance - Day 30: Forgive me Lord for looking to people to fulfill your promises.

“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. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land. “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17:5-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

God had promised Israel that He would take care of them and would watch over them. Yet the Bible tells us of many times that Israel turned to other nations for help, rather than trusting the Lord to do what He had promised.

“What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of looking to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭31‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The Lord, speaking through Isaiah, makes clear His displeasure with the children of Israel for trying to orchestrate their own protection rather than trusting Him.

In our opening scripture the Lord is again warning His people that they were about to lose everything because their hope was placed on other sources of strength and security apart from the Lord.

Of course, trusted relationships are not evil. In fact, the Church, as the body of Christ, must operate such that the members depend on each other as do the parts of a correctly functioning human body.

However, the Lord’s disapproval is earned when His children place their hope or trust in what someone else can do for them rather than recognizing that our help comes from the Lord.

Of course, God uses people to perform His work. But, He can and has also used animals, the weather, or anything else in the created order to perform His will.

This isn’t about mistrusting people or not seeking and developing Godly relationships. Indeed, recognizing the Lord as our source, improves our relationships because we aren’t putting the kind of pressure on other people that they really cannot, in human strength, handle.

Let’s ask the Lord to forgive us for looking for a “knight in shining armor.” Let’s recognize that He is already here!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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