Jeremiah 17:5 This is that the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord." (I encourage you to read the rest of this passage. It goes on to tell the reader what are the outcomes for those who trust in the LORD.)
Blackaby writes, and I wholeheartedly agree, that God can, and often does use other people to help during times of crisis, but "ultimately your trust must be in God." If we rely on others or even our personal strengths and skills first in time of crisis, that is a form of idolatry.
Other Christians can be a repository of good advice, sympathetic listeners or loving rebukers, but the first one a person runs to is the primary influence in that person's life. It it God or man?
So often it seems as if Blackaby is writing a personal note to me. Many times I am slow to seek God during rough patches. When something goes wrong at work, do I go to God first?
Personal relationship struggles? Do I pick up the cell phone or cry out to The Father?
Financial worries? E.F. Hutton or Jehovah Jireh?
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