{"id":4055,"date":"2025-08-19T07:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:54:32","slug":"the-temptation-of-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/the-temptation-of-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temptation of Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday, August 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Temptation of Horses <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. <strong>Psalm 20:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s natural for us to think in the flesh, \u2018I got this\u2019. The temptation to rely on &#8220;horses&#8221; our own efforts, abilities, resources, and strategies comes easily. There\u2019s a natural inclination to gather all the right tools, to surround ourselves with knowledge, to attend conferences, go to the gym 5 days a week, read the latest books, and chase after the strategies that seem to promise success. While these things aren\u2019t inherently bad, <em>especially going to the gym<\/em> \u263a\ufe0f when they become the foundation of our trust, we lose sight of God.<\/p>\n<p>What would it look like to choose trust over self-sufficiency, to rest in God\u2019s strength instead of our own?<\/p>\n<p>What if we spent less time looking for the \u201cnext big thing\u201d and more time simply remembering the name of the Lord our God? Fewer books, fewer conferences, fewer strategies, and more focus on seeking God\u2019s direction and trusting His timing. Not because knowledge or wisdom is wrong, but because they should always point us back to the One who holds it all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord, teach me to do my part without relying on my own strength, and remind me that it\u2019s You who gives the increase. Help me to recognize when I\u2019m relying on my own \u201chorses\u201d and to choose, instead, to lean on You. May I always remember that You are the source of my success, and that without You, I can do nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, August 19 The Temptation of Horses Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 It\u2019s natural for us to think in the flesh, \u2018I got this\u2019. The temptation to rely on &#8220;horses&#8221; our own efforts, abilities, resources, and strategies comes easily. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4061,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions\/4061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}