Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:7
We have all had times in our lives that come so difficult that we decide consciously or unconsciously we can no longer trust in God and must take over to solve the circumstance. The prophet Jeremiah describes a situation in which the temptation to solve one's own circumstance can become so great that we trust in our own ways to solve it.
Consider the following: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. 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" (Jeremiah 17:5-8).
Jeremiah drew a sharp contrasted between the one who trusts in their own effort to solve their circumstance and those who trusts in God when they cannot see the outcome. Those who trust in God bear fruit despite the circumstances in their life and do not wither when the heat comes. In fact, it is said that their roots go deeper into God's grace as they continue to bear fruit in spite of their circumstances.
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