"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?
Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real rest.
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

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v. 26
"He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe."

This is counter-intuitive.
We are taught that the only people we can really trust are ourselves.
We are taught that our abilities, our efforts and our willpower will save us.
We are taught that we are our own best friend, and that our intuition is what should be followed.

Yet the Bible reminds us constantly that if we think wisely of ourselves, we are truly fools.
We are painted as wayward, always turning away from what is good, because disobedience runs in our blood.

"But he who walks in wisdom is kept safe."

Wisdom has always, since day 1, been the understanding of who God is, built by a fear of the Lord.

The Lord is the only one we can really trust, beyond ourselves.
The Lord will save us, not anything that we can do.
The Lord is our best friend, and He is who we should follow.

In this way we are kept safe, under the shadow of his wings, we are kept close in his presence.
Although life will still be challenging, although we will still run into problems and circumstances we wish we weren't in, we will be kept safe.

Who we are is kept safe when we stop over-zealously guarding what that is, and begin to trust the Father who knows us better than we know ourselves.

Sound bible-cliche?

Yes, sometimes bible-cliche is cliche because it is correct.