TITANIC II

TITANIC II

READ:
Jeremiah 17:5-10

Cursed is the man who trust
in man and makes flesh his
strength, whose heart departs
from the LORD. -Jeremiah 17:5

Mark Wilkinson purchased a 16-foot boat for fishing and recreation.  Apparently he was not superstitious, because he christened his boat Titanic II after the ill-fated luxury ship that hit an iceberg and sank in 1912.  Titanic II's maiden voyage out of a harbor in Dorset, England, went well.  But when Wilkinson headed back, the boat started taking on water.  Soon he was clinging to a rail waiting for rescue.  Wilkinson reportedly said, "It's all a bit embarrassing, and I got pretty fed up with people asking me if I had hit an iceberg."  This was followed by an eyewitness who said, "It wasn't a very big boat-I think an ice cube would have sunk it!"

The story of Titanic II is quite ironic.  But it also makes me think of the original Titanic and the danger of misplaced trust.  The builders of that ocean liner were absolutely confident that their ship was unsinkable.  But how wrong they were!  Jeremiah reminds us:  "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD" (Jeremiah 17:5).

All of us are tempted to seek security in people or things.  How often we need to be reminded to forsake these false confidences and turn back to God.  Are you putting your trust in something other than Him? -Dennis Fisher

When we put our trust in You, Lord,
We'll be like a tree that's growing
Beside waters that are flowing,
Bearing fruit and standing strong. -Sper
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Those who put their trust in God
will never be disappointed.

INSIGHT
In the thought of ancient Israel, the heart is the very basis of character, the center from which proceeds our thoughts, choices, emotions, and actions (Proverbs 4:23; 23:7).  Because of our fall into sin, the Bible does not have much good to say about sinful man's heart (see Genesis 6:5; Job 15:14-16; Psalm 51:3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Mark 7:21-22).  "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9) is the consistent verdict of Scripture.  That is why we need Christ to give us a new heart and make us a new creation (2 (Corinthians 5:17).

Have a blessed day.
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