Let's Go Easy?

This is what the Lord says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.

“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit. [Jeremiah 17.5-8]

Could we do a little logical review here to determine whether we are among the 'cursed'
or the 'blessed' spoken of here today by Jeremiah? I know we really like to post the blessing part on our refrigerator doors and bathroom mirrors for what we would like to BE, but wouldn't it be good to use these statements to measure ourselves for what we ARE?

In all honesty, is my life a fruitless, barren stump of a shrub, or a deep-rooted tree bearing continual fruit? Reality check!

If I genuinely rate my life by the criteria here, then I can determine what I am really and truly trusting in. Simple... but maybe not what I would like everyone (including myself) to think.

More times than not, I feel like the barren stumpy shrub. The logical reason for this is that I am trusting in humans - not God. Frankly sometimes I wonder if I even have a clue what it is to trust God.

Oh, I could and should go a bit easier on myself, right? Let's all go easy on ourselves!

But...

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? [Jeremiah 17.9]

Is it any mistake that this statement immediately follows verses 5-8? I think not.

Father, I don't want to deceive myself. I know I trust in mere humans much more than I trust You. I know my life bears little genuine fruit and can withstand very few difficulties because of this idolatry. By Jesus, please forgive me. By Jesus, please embrace me with Your Word. By Jesus, let me truly be 'the blessed' signified by the fruit I bear.