"Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?"

How many times have you been let down by a church leader, a person you voted for, a friend who betrayed you, a loved one who left you, or someone you trusted? Even though we care about and love other people, everyone else in our world is just like us: flawed individuals who breathe the same air and walk the same ground. Only one person deserves our full trust. He showed us by giving up what was most important to Him so that we could understand how much He loved us. Don't put your trust in other people. Only God can keep your trust safe. Let's have faith in Him!

God will bring the proud down to earth. He has set aside a certain day to do this. But until that day dawns, God's Kingdom people must live knowing that even the apparently powerful but ungodly will be brought to ruin. We shouldn't put our faith in human power, because it can disappear like dew in the sun. Death limits the power of humans. When a tyrant's breath is gone, so is his power. After the life of an evil person has ended, all that remains is the evil. Our faith must be placed in Yahweh Sabaoth, the Lord God of the armies of heaven. In contrast, everything else is just a small, blurry representation of the real thing.

I'd be happy to have a friend. I wish my dad hadn't gone away. I wish she were more helpful. Only if... Even though people can let us down, we still put a lot of our hopes in them. They make mistakes just like we do and die just like we do. So, while we are involved in the lives of other people, let's also remember to keep our hopes connected to the Son of God, who "conquered death and brought immortality and life to light" and who will "never leave or forsake" us.