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“Do not trust in noblemen, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit 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.”

—Psalm 146:3–5

Many of our hurts come from trusting in mortal mankind.

Maybe we trusted in parents who failed us, a spouse who left, or friends who betrayed us. Maybe we put our trust in a church leader who fell into sin, a church that abandoned us when we needed it most, or a government that didn’t support the cause of justice.

These are soul–crushing failures, but they aren’t surprising, and they shouldn’t shake our faith. 

A person’s badness cannot invalidate the truth of Christ, because it’s for people’s badness that Christ came (Luke 19:10; Mark 2:17). This is why we need him. Our faith is not in humans, but in Christ himself.

When those things happen (and they will), we often become lost and disillusioned with faith in general. But if our faith can be broken by the deeds of people (even our own), institutions, or the failure of our own hopes and plans, then that’s where we’ve placed our trust.

But blessed is he whose hope and help is in the Lord.

Hope placed in him keeps us on solid ground where we cannot be swayed by the storms of this life and the disappointments of men who cannot save us.

Let’s take our eyes off ourselves, other men, institutions, and our own plans and put them back on the steady ground of hope in the Lord alone.

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