Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5 ESV)
Self
There are two kinds of people in the world… those that trust in Christ, and those that trust in themselves.
All false religions are actually a choice to trust in our own understanding of reality instead of in Christ Jesus.
All decisions that we make that ignore or oppose God’s Word are actually a choice to trust in our own experience instead of in Christ Jesus.
All hopes that we cling to that are not built on God’s Way are actually a choice to trust in our own dreams instead of in Christ Jesus.
All heroes that we raise up that are not Christ Jesus are actually attempts to dethrone Christ Jesus and replace Him with our own choices.
Faith in anything else is faith in self.
The great news is that all of those other religions, decisions, hopes, and heroes are weak, finite, and sure to fail. But we get to follow the One sure choice… the One absolutely loving choice… the One choice that is eternal, unchanging, and powerful.
Christ alone.
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