February 15, 2022

“Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.” (Jeremiah 17:8)

The Almost Daily talks about trust in the Lord quite a lot, and for good reason. Humans have a tendency to usurp God’s role. Life actually lived is a hybrid of trust in ourselves, trust in other people or institutions, trust in fate or the universe, and – if we are people of faith – trust in God.

I like the way that this verse from Jeremiah is parsed out. Our trust is not only in the Lord, our trust is the Lord. Trust in the Lord can imply our ceding authority to Him – an action which proves confoundingly difficult. But if our trust is the Lord, then all the better! He just is and needs not our assent. 

Good, right?

“O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany – BCP)