Mere people

HEB 13:5-6 NLT

Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”

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Is it possible you've made people into giants in your imagination? Has your envy grown others out of proportion?
The situation is that you look to others for your self worth. You feel insecure. You want what others have. You imagine the possession of things makes you valuable.
The accumulation of things does not give you value. We make this mistake when we say of the wealthy, "He's worth a million dollars!" A person may have at their disposal a vast amount of money and resources but this adds nothing to thier value.
Our value does not come from our wealth.

Attached to things?

Attachment to things leads to disappointment. Moths and rust, mildew and decay take away our treasure if it is here on earth. But if we make Jesus or treasure, then we can not be disappointed.

Oh these things are in the context of relationships for if our desires for "completeness" are dependant on people and relationships we'll be disappointed.

Remind God?

Numbers 31:54 NLT

So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gifts from the generals and captains and brought the gold to the Tabernacle as a reminder to the Lord that the people of Israel belong to him.

Numbers 10:10 NLT

Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the Lord your God of his covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.”

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God knows everything. God made the covenant promises to Abraham and then repeated these to, Jacob, and on then to His People through Moses.

So why is it that these two passages tell God's people to remind God?

Can you think of other places in the Bible that God asks people to remind him?

I've had a look at these passages in two passages in a number of other versions of the English Bible. (NASB, ESV, AMP, MSG, NCV, NIV, )

New Living Translation seems to be the only one with this nuance. Making God the one to be reminded. 

But even if it is a fluke of a less than accurate translation. What caused the translators to make this change?

Does God need reminding?

Didn't effectively Moses remind God of his reputation in Exodus 32 when God was going to destroy his people and Moses pleads with God to save them.

"So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people," (Exodus 32:14, NASB).

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In this passage not only does God get a reminder but it appears as if he changes his mind.

And then there is Korah's rebellion in Numbers 16, where it sounds as if God is going to wipe them all out and again Moses pleads with God and God seems to change his declared course.

 20Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.”22But they fell on their faces and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”

Are our prayers a reminder to God?

What do you think?

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People can't save you?

Stop trusting other people to save you. Do not think too highly of them; they are only humans who have not stopped breathing yet.

http://bible.us/406/ISA2.22.ERV

Stop trusting other people to save you. Do not think too highly of them; they are only humans who have not stopped breathing yet.

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