Sunday Service (2)

Sunday Service: It's Better to Trust God

(12-04-2022) Ptr. Lynard Molo

=It's Better to Trust God=

There are two kinds of people in the world...

Those who make your life...
•easier & harder
•helps you perform better & makes you do worse.
•simple & complicated
•give & take
•last & fade

*Jeremiah 17:5-8
"5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.
8 He 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."

Who Trust in Man
> Cursed
*Jeremiah 17:5
5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

"Who placed their confidence in the wisdom or power, the kindness or faithfulness of any man or number of men."

*Psalms 20:7
"7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

*Jeremiah 17:5
5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

"Man is weak, limited and not perfect, totally contrast to the power of the alright and immortal God."

> No fruit
*Jeremiah 17:6
6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands;

+Unused (you are not serving God as He wants)

+Barren (non-productive and unsuccessful in your spiritual life, you have no fruit)

+Overgrown (by "weeds")
*Matthew 13:7,22
"7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.

> Live in poverty
*Jeremiah 17:6
"6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes.

*2 Kings 7:1-2, 18,20
"1 Elisha said, "Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria."
2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?" "You will see it with your own eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it!"
18 It happened as the man of God had said to the king: "About this time tomorrow, a seah of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria."
20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

> No Life in Him
*Jeremiah 17:6
"6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

+Salt Land = Dead Sea
+Source: Jordan River --> Flows to Sea of Galilee (full of life) ; --> Flows to Dead Sea (no life)

Who Trust in the Lord
> Blessed
*Jeremiah 17:7
"7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.

Greek: Makarios (happy, fortunate and privileged)

> Abundant Life
*Jeremiah 17:8
"8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.

•A tree planted by streams of water is to be one who has a regular supply of nourishment and refreshment.
•Water is the ultimate source of life for a tree, so to be planted by water us to have a regular supply of life itself.
•The tree planted by the water will grow to be strong and solid and have a good root system.
•The well-watered tree has the ability to provide shade (and therefore rest) to anyone who is in need.

> Secured
*Jeremiah 17:8
"8 He 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."

"The one rooted in Jesus have peace when troubles or trials come."

> Blooming
8 He 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."

"The one 'rooted and grounded in love' will always be alive and flourishing."

*Ephesians 3:17b
"17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,"

> Peace of Mind
*Jeremiah 17:8
8 He 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."

"In times of drought, God's provisions are always available."

> Bearing Fruit
Jeremiah 17:8
8 He 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."

+Prosperity
> wealth
> health

"Trusting God is the only way to have a blessed and prosperous life."