DAILY VITAMIN

- Put Your Confidence In The Lord

"The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? ... The Lord is with me; he is my helper." (Psalm 118:6-7 NIV)

The scripture says it is better to trust the Lord than to put Confidence in men (Psalm 118:8 TLB). It doesn't matter how many men they are, it is better to stick with God. And we are told why.

In Psalm 18, it says "The Lord is my fort where I can enter and be safe; no one can follow me in and slay me..." (v.2 TLB). Now you understand why it is said that woe to the man who trusts men and not God (Jeremiah 17:5), right? Paul writing tells us to boast ourselves only in the Lord, and in all He will do for us (1 Cor 1:31), and not in what we assume we can or anyone else (see Jeremiah 9:23-24).

Remember the rich fool Jesus spoke of? He had a name, but Jesus gave us only the reference of a fool for him because his confidence was in everything but God. Only fools don't believe enough to trust God, because only a fool don't proofs, of which God has more than enough to show He is ever reliable. 

We are taught by Christ not to trust in things, but in God. David opined the same when he said "Some nations boast of armies and of weaponry, but our boast is in the Lord our God. [Why?] Those nations will collapse and perish; we will arise to stand firm and sure" (Psalm 20:7-8). Little wonder why he said he would never look to the allies on the hills for help, but unto God (Psalm 121:1-2). And that's how we must begin to think henceforth: God above all.

God tells the wise never to bask in his wisdom, nor the rich in his riches, nor the strong in his strength; but that all must bask alone in the knowledge and understanding of His person (Jeremiah 9:23-24). This is so because nothing and no one can help you unless God does first. So why depend on things than on He who made those things?

Therefore, today, I adjure you to put God first, and then indeed every other thing will be yours (Luke 12:31 TLB)