TITANIC II

Mark Wilkinson bought a 16 foot boat for fishing and chilling out in. He named his boat Titanic II, even though the original Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Titanic II’s first voyage out of the harbour went well. But when Wilkinson headed back the boat started taking on water. Soon he was clinging to a rail waiting for rescue. Wilkinson 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 could 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 trusting the wrong thing. 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 one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD” (JEREMIAH 17:5).

All of us are tempted to find our security in people or things. How often we need to be reminded to give up these false confidences and turn back to God. Are you putting your trust in something other than Him?

To pray about . . .

Father I’m sorry for the times I’m put my confidence in myself or others. You are the only one I should be turning to and putting my trust in.

THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN GOD WILL
NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED.

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