Trust...

I havent posted in a while, but its fine, because that's not what really matters.

   Im just gonna jump into Jeremiah 17. I remember first discovering this verse my junior year in "Gatekeepers". A leadership group I was apart of at my youth group. Well, I discovered it at home, but continued to share it at church. I was pretty fascinated by it and believed EVERYone should hear about it and I told a pretty good amount of my friends about it. But of course when you tell someone something that exciting , they usually dont have the same feeling. 

  Anyways. From the first time I read it, until now, this scripture has blown my mind. It, to me, is the epitome of trust in the Lord. 

   The first section of chapter 17 talks about the Sin of Judah. How many times have I heard that before... way too many. Well anyways, God is pretty upset at them because they're worshipping idols, a reoccurring theme throughout the Old Testament. So you know, when you start to read this chapter, its like okay yeah, "heard it all before".

  But it IS important. To me it shows that all of this punishment the people of Judah are about to receive, is not because God is mean. Nope. It is because the heart of those people is with their idols. 
The very first verse says :  “The sin of Judah
is inscribed with an iron chisel—
engraved with a diamond point on their stony hearts
and on the corners of their altars."

Where does God want our hearts? With him. Not engraved with sin. No.

 Anyways the next section is where I start to slap myself in the face.

5 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.6 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

   Foreal? Seriously? This is one of the many straight up scriptures, I have read. (I havent read everything obviiiiiii)

   God, the Lord Almighty, call those who put their trust in humans...CURSED. Like dang... cursed?!?! Thats on a whole other level to me.  But its sooo true. When you put your trust in a person/human the only result is a curse.  When you rely on human strength, the only result is a curse. When you turn your heart away from the Lord in order to do that, the only result is a curse. People are people.HUMANS. Humans are literally the authors of imperfection. We are. We fail all the time. God made two perfect people and they failed. They were literally just from dust and a rib. The most miraculous event that could happen, by the Creator of life. And they became almost instantly imperfect and cursed generations to come.

   So God is right. (duh) Trusting in humans is a curse. Even more, its a stunt to our growth and hope. Thats what I see when I read verse 6. We are like stunted shrubs in a desert. Our growth within the Lord is stunted, there is no way we can grow with Him if we dont even trust in Him. They have no future hope. What kind of hope for the future can man give you? May seem legit when someone makes  a promise. But its 99% of the time a false hope. Not intentionally, but remember, humans are humans. And we fail, miserably and as much as we want to give each other a future hope, the hope will never really be what it is meant to be. A barren wilderness to me, seems like a place of no direction or guidance, a place where someone would go and become completely lost and thirsty. I believe that when our trust is placed in humans, that is where we are led. If you are trusting in a mere human, you are trusting in their failures and following their footsteps. You are being led into the wilderness. Not the good serene kind. The confusing and unsettling kind where God's voice is no longer audible and his direction no longer clear.

   This scares the daylights out of me. All of it. If I have been trusting in humans for maybe even a little, where am I on my way to? Barren wilderness? No hope-land? A cursed life?

I'm not sure. But stay tuned ;) 

Goodnight folks.