Firmly Planted

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will 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.”     Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NASB)
Trust is the complete reliance on the integrity, strength, and ability of a person or thing. To have a confident expectation of something in which you can place your hope. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trust

For a person to embrace all that life has to offer, both good and bad, we need to identify the source of our security. We live in a world that communicates an idea that our security comes from our employers, our income, how well we perform, and how much success we have obtained. There is a sense of confidence that comes from the empires that man seems to build until we face that day when our world seems to implode all around us. We face the loss of jobs, death, sickness, disappointment, discouragement, and the list can go on and on.

When we understand that our security, our confidence, and our hope come from the sovereign God, we can then trust that He will carry us through the disappointments and letdowns we face in life. The depth of our daily worship for God also begins to change as we understand that He is our trust. While life can still be difficult, when we place our trust in the Lord and our trust is the Lord, we then become like that tree that is planted by the water that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. We will not be anxious when difficult times come and we will not cease to yield fruit because our security comes from the Lord on High. We have full confidence that He will take care of His people and we will remain unshaken when life does not happen the way we think it should happen.