Jeremiah 17
“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
streams. 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.”
Interesting verse here. It doesn’t promise that we won’t experience
heat, and it doesn’t say we won’t go through seasons of drought. We all do.
And the heat and drought will destroy us if…
We are not planted and planted deeply. This means we know His word and truth and it
runs deep in our souls.
We do not trust and have confidence in Him. This means we know that He is love and He is
our Father and He is good, even when we’re tired, weary and overcome.
Following Christ doesn’t mean a life without
pain. But it does mean that we can live
without fear and without failure to bear fruit.
That indeed is a mystery and a contradiction, but
it’s the truth on which we can stand.
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