“O LORD of hosts,
How blessed is the man who trusts in Thee!”  Psalm 84:12
 
It is not so for the  man who puts his trust in mankind.  For the LORD speaking to Jeremiah says,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the LORD.” Jeremiah 17:5
 
What is the result?
“For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.”  Jeremiah 17:6
 
The LORD continues in the same passage to tell of the man who puts his trust in the LORD:
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD
And whose hope is in the LORD.”  Jeremiah 17:7
 
The result?
“For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaf will be green ,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”  Jeremiah 17:8
 
Psalm 1 contrasts these, the righteous and the wicked.  However, I will leave that to your further study.
 
The Scriptures name many trees, but probably the most familiar is the cedar of Lebanon.  There is a passage in Ezekiel 31 that describes this stately cedar.  The Lord is using its grandeur to describe Assyria and Assyria’s destruction, but we can see what a majestic tree it is in the phrases that are used in verses 3-7.  
(It is a cross reference for Jeremiah 17:8)
 
“Beautiful branches”
“Very high; its tops in the clouds”
“Loftier than all the trees of the field”
“Its boughs become many and its branches long”
“The waters made it grow. The deep made it high”
“Birds nest in its boughs”
“Under its branches all beast of the field gave birth”
“Beautiful in its greatness”
“Its roots extended to many waters”
 
Psalm 92:12-15 moves from the tree to the righteous man himself as we read,
“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those who are planted in the house of the LORD
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be fresh and flourishing,
To declare that the LORD is upright;
He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”
 
As stated in the past,
“We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before hand…”  
Ephesians 2:10
“Therefore…walk in a  manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called…”  
Ephesians 4:1
 
Blessed beyond measure is he who trusts in the Lord!  We give thanks, praise and honor to you, O Lord Most High!  For You alone are worth of it all!  Amen