“He Shall Be Like A Tree

Planted By The Waters”

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

“As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, so is he who gets riches, but not by right; it will leave him in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool.”

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be ashamed. “Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.”

Jeremiah 17:7-13

Sometimes in life we feel trapped. We are banging on the door, pulling on the handle, but we can’t get free. We need help from the outside.

To get that outside assistance, we have to admit that we are helpless on our own. Sometimes we look inward for the answers to our problems, yet the Bible tells us our hearts are deceitful. In truth we are often the source of our problems in life.

Thankfully, “God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything.” Because of this, He knows exactly how to help us. Lasting heart-level change and real progress with our problems originate with God. Trusting Him and living to please Him means we can flourish and be truly free.

God helps those who know they are helpless.

Our Daily Bread – November 27, 2015