SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 17: 5-10
6 Thus says the
LORD: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their
strength, whose hearts turn away from the LORD. 6 They shall be like
a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in
the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 7
Blessed are those who trust in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. 8
They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream.
It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year
of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. 9
The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse-- who can understand it? 10
I the LORD test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their
ways, according to the fruit of their doings.