Today's encouragement comes from Proverbs 28:26a, where we read these few words:
"He who trusts in his own heart is a fool . . . "Trust in self is a great snare. True Christians trust God, through their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. But we cannot Trust (capital “T”) God without also trusting (small “t”) His church's gospel ministers. Without the divine revelation of the good news being preached to us, we *cannot* know God, nor what is even best for us. Every person needs to be informed and instructed in what to believe; and be directed to The One in Whom (Christ) they *must* believe.
Today, when we are tempted to trust in ourselves—or in some other sinner (especially one who does not love Jesus)—let us consider the past (sad) re-sults of doing so. Instead of this, let us trust in Christ, and be His holy and be-loved church.
[Puritan quote of the day: "A holy despair in ourselves is the ground of true hope.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
