A Fruitful Life

Living in Covenant

A Heart-felt Covenant

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Jesus Teaches about Spiritual Discernment

Jeremiah 17:5-8 The Message

5-6 God’s Message:
“Cursed is the strong one
    who depends on mere humans,
Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone
    and sets God aside as dead weight.
He’s like a tumbleweed on the prairie,
    out of touch with the good earth.
He lives rootless and aimless
    in a land where nothing grows.
7-8 “But blessed is the man who trusts me, God,
    the woman who sticks with God.
They’re like trees replanted in Eden,
    putting down roots near the rivers—
Never a worry through the hottest of summers,
    never dropping a leaf,
Serene and calm through droughts,
    bearing fresh fruit every season.

For Reflection

Who or what do you worship? Do you trust only in yourself? Do you believe in the accumulation of wealth? Will you be satisfied with the blessings of increased power?


Or do you have such unreasonable trust in God that you rest in the notion that neither human, economic, social, or tragic vagaries, can disable you?  Do you face human sufferings with the confidence that no matter how terrible it seems, God will work in you to make all things right?

Pray

Pray so that you can face life's worrisome vagaries with courage and hope.

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