Jer 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
That's what the whole verse says, we do things with our arms , think about it being dark in a roomwhere you can't see the average person will try to use they're arms and hands to find they're way through. To make your flesh your arm is to trust in yourself or human rather than God.
There are many examples in the Old Testament , of God saving the Israelites from their enemies . Read in particular the books of Samuel , Kings and Chronicles .
The ' arm ' is your confidence , your strength , putting your confidence in the flesh is a mistake .
God saves , literally , metaphorically and spiritually , He is our strength and we should only ever trust in Him , not in our own powers or in the powers of others , governments , armies , politicians etc . They and we , are just people . God is all powerful and can do as He wishes with any of us . If we loose a battle we have to accept defeat and assume that it was / is God's will that we loose a battle , maybe we were in the wrong , maybe God has other plans for us .
If our ways are not in accordance with His will , then He will let us know and we have to accept His judgements upon us .
Once I read the verse you were referring to, I believe that "Maketh flesh his arm" means that instead of making your arm based on God, so it's kind of like a way of speaking, instead of having an arm of God, you have an arm of flesh, in other words, an arm of man which goes with the first sentence of trusting man. So the whole meaning of this verse is do not put your trust in man but in God who never fails.
That's what the whole verse says, we do things with our arms , think about it being dark in a roomwhere you can't see the average person will try to use they're arms and hands to find they're way through. To make your flesh your arm is to trust in yourself or human rather than God.
If God be for us , who can be against us .
There are many examples in the Old Testament , of God saving the Israelites from their enemies . Read in particular the books of Samuel , Kings and Chronicles .
The ' arm ' is your confidence , your strength , putting your confidence in the flesh is a mistake .
God saves , literally , metaphorically and spiritually , He is our strength and we should only ever trust in Him , not in our own powers or in the powers of others , governments , armies , politicians etc . They and we , are just people . God is all powerful and can do as He wishes with any of us . If we loose a battle we have to accept defeat and assume that it was / is God's will that we loose a battle , maybe we were in the wrong , maybe God has other plans for us .
If our ways are not in accordance with His will , then He will let us know and we have to accept His judgements upon us .
Once I read the verse you were referring to, I believe that "Maketh flesh his arm" means that instead of making your arm based on God, so it's kind of like a way of speaking, instead of having an arm of God, you have an arm of flesh, in other words, an arm of man which goes with the first sentence of trusting man. So the whole meaning of this verse is do not put your trust in man but in God who never fails.
I hope this answered your question, dear friend.
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