This is what the Lord says:“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.


Jeremiah 17:5-8


5 This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,

who draws strength from mere flesh

and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;

they will not see prosperity when it comes.

They will dwell in the parched places of the desert,

in a salt land where no one lives.

7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

whose confidence is in him.

8 They will be like a tree planted by the water

that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes;

its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought

and never fails to bear fruit.”

Today’s title is, “In God, We Trust”

America is fast becoming a non-Christian nation. A lot of Christian heritages that were passed down from the founding Fathers are getting lost. It’s been already quite a while that school prayer is banned at public schools. Now anything that could remind people of The Christian heritage of the nation is being forced out of public view. Even the traditional Christmas greetings such as “Merry Christmas!” is becoming rare. That is so sad not only as a Christian but also as a concerned citizen who takes great pride in the history of the nation. There’s only a few of that great American heritage that is left. One of the last vestiges of such heritage is the national motto “In God We Trust”. This phrase has been used as a national motto from the foundation of the nation without any objections. But recently some groups of people challenged to remove the phrase from public places including currencies on the pretext of religious fairness. They didn’t succeed so far. But they will keep trying. On the other hand, some southern state legislators including Florida initiated a law that suggests displaying the national motto in more prominent places. Florida recently made it a law. Mississippi followed. You can see that there is a serious spiritual battle going on between those who want to trust in God and others who want to trust in man. It is true that battle is uniquely strong in our own times. But the battle has been taking place everywhere in every era from the time of Cain and Abel. And that becomes the dividing line of the blessed and the cursed. Today’s passage clearly shows it. Why is it so? Why trusting in God is important? God tells why here. Trusting in God makes your life planted in the living water, for He is the living water that gives life and prosperity. Trusting in God makes us never wither even in times of heat, for God shadows over us with His gracious cloud and rains. Those who trust in God never fail to bear fruits. This is why America has continuously prospered for the last hundreds of years. This is why we should never let those who trust in man take away the great American heritage from us. We have to pass down the blessed heritage from generation to generation for God and for our children. Truly there is no better national and individual inheritance than "In God, We trust."