We are to put ALL our confidence, hope, and trust in the Lord. When we do those things, we shall be firmly planted like a tree by the stream. We shall flourish and make our way prosperous. The heat of circumstances shall not cause us to wither because our confidence is in the Lord. We will yield the fruit of increase in due season. He will NEVER let us down and cause us to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 17:5-8
New American Standard Bible
5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his [a]strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 For he will be like a bush in the desert,
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A land of salt that is not inhabited.
7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose trust is the Lord.
8 For he will be like a tree planted by the water
That extends its roots by a stream,
And does not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of drought,
Nor cease to yield fruit.
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