Psalm 118:8

"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man."  Psalm 118:8


Men (or the world) may tempt you into doing things you know aren't right. The things of this world are not trustworthy. Yet, we seem to rely, even depend on them to get through the day. We are not aware, that in ignoring God, or simply "setting Him off to the side", is a sin. Whether or not you believe it, if God isn't no. 1, then there's a problem.

God is trustworthy. When this verse says "better to take refuge in", it's simply saying, it's smarter to trust in God, "than to trust in man." 

I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but know this: The Lord loves each and every one of us, and He doesn't give up on us. Even if we've completely abandoned Him, He still has hope in us. He still loves us. Imagine that! It's hard to grasp His Being, since the human mind is set to put limits to everything! We have no idea how long eternity is! You may say: "Well, yeah, eternity is forever," Yet we still ask ourselves: "How long is forever?" When you say "I've got the rest of my life to do_______," That is NOTHING compared to forever! That's the significance of the size of Earth to the whole universe! NOTHING!

And so, we cannot linit God. He has no limits. He is trustworthy beyond trustworthy. Think of someone you trust. God is so trustworthy, that the person you trust is untrustworthy in God's eyes. He is so perfect, that what we think is "good" is really never close to His righteousness.

Now, not meaning to say that God will never think you're of any worth because He's so perfect... I'm saying that the Lord knows all, while man knows nothing. Compared to the Lord, we know nothing. That is how great He is.

Can we not trust Him now? What more do you need to say that He is in fact trustworthy?

Ponder on this for a few moments, and really think about whether God has been no. 1 in your life, your priorities.

Thank you,

Zemmzemm

Ezekiel 2:6

"And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people."  Ezekiel 2:6


"...do not be afraid of them or their words."  Who's them and what words?

• Them are the people who try to get in your way.
• The words are what those people might say to you to make you feel bad about yourself.

This verse continues: "Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you..."  Literally, there aren't thorns all around us.  

• Basically, God's saying: "Don't be afraid even though you live in a place with much trouble."  

Then the verse continues to say: "...you live among scorpions."  Scorpions? Where? 

• People who are mean, who try to stand in your way, those are the people referred to as scorpions in this passage.

Finally, it finishes with this: "Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people."

• Again, they refers to the people who stand in your way, and God wants you to not be affected by their words, for they mean NOTHING.
• Do not be "terrified" by them, because they are not "terrifying" What I mean is, don't try to base yourself on things other people say about you, but by how you base yourself.
• Do not be afraid of what others will think of you!  That is an important lesson that is hard to learn!  We always seem to critique ourselves by how others seem; comparing ourselves to others. Our purpose was not to compare ourselves to those around us, but to Jesus.  We look up to Him and try to live a life like His, doing, and saying things He would.

Zemmzemm