The verse was stuck under my skin for a few days. Turning back to the familiar words, I sit staring at them and wondering what am I to glean from them in this moment.
It’s a verse we lean on when we are facing challenges or decisions. It’s a prayer we offer up when choices are hard to make, and uncertainties loom before us.
Yet this particular morning, when not in the midst of decision making, it was thought provoking.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.”
(Proverbs 3:5-6, NASB)
We so desire our paths to be straight. No detours. No delays. We know it is God alone who can make straight paths.
The words begin to stand out …
- “with all your heart.” We are to attach ourselves fully to God. It brings the idea there is a safety which comes from the attaching; a firm ground. There is a security found in God alone as we give Him all our heart.
- “in all your ways.” Instead of wanting our own way, we will search and out His will. Will we not depend on our own understanding, but patiently wait until He gives direction.
It is as we give Him all of our heart,
in all of our ways
that He will faithfully direct our paths each day.
Reflection:
Upon reading the above verse, the question came: Is there a part of my
heart that I am holding back? Is there an are of your life where you are
resisting God? May God bring assurance to all our hearts that we can
place our trust in Him because He is trustworthy.
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