Trust

 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;
Psalm 146:3‭-‬6 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.146.3-6.ESV

One of the potential successors as Prime Minister of the UK has a slogan 'In Liz We Truss'- a play on her name, but also blasphemous. If people don't trust in God, they'll trust in anyone, even though people let us down all the time. If mere mortals are unfaithful, why would we expect the powers that be to be any different?

Instead of investing hope in people who will inevitably disappoint, however well meaning, we should trust in God. He will never let us down. He's the God of Jacob, a fallible person like us.

God isn't full of empty promises like politicians. He's the Maker of heaven and earth. We can have confidence in Him.

Happiness is knowing that our Master and Maker is for us and is our Helper. We can never fail with God on our side. We will always prevail with Him working on our behalf.

'Father God, forgive us if we trust in people to sort stuff out. Help us to put our faith in You instead, who will never let us down, in Jesus' name, amen'

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