S(Jeremiah 17:7,8) Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is in the Lord.
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Here's a double description of people whom God enriches with blessings. By combining both descriptions we see how to trust God. First, trust is an action word--a verb. It's a unique set of actions that blessed people do in the here and now. Second, these trust-actions are not random or non-specific: they move these "trusters" to ever-improving alignment and ever-richer intimacy with the Lord. He is the object of these people's trust even though they people don't see or hear Him.
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I love how Jeremiah describes the results of living this way (verse 8): "[They] are like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and doest not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it doest no cease to bear fruit." You don't see the roots, but you enjoy the fruit.
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Lord, thank You for showing me that I don't need to be intimidated by threatened economic, political, or relational disasters. By trusting You, and by living that way, You are able to make me rich in the fruits and gifts of Your Spirit. You can spread a table of rich fruit in a desert (Psalm 78:19)!
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