Word of Encouragement

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)

In prayer this morning the Lord put this verse upon my heart and now I want to dissect it with you.

Proverbs commands us to do three things before we see the result of implementing these three things. It speaks first of trusting God with everything, secondly, it tells us not to lean on our own understanding, and thirdly, it tells us to acknowledge Him in every area of our lives before we see him directing our paths.

The first part of this verse speaks of trust. Now it isn't speaking of just a little trust here and there but trusting with all of our heart; that is, all of our being! Now some of us may be hesitant in that because the word “trust” as we know it has been thrown around so much in today’s time. Have you ever had someone tell you “Trust me” only to find out you couldn’t?! Even Jesus wouldn’t entrust himself to man!

“But Jesus would not entrust himself to them for he knew all men.”(John 2:24)

Someone may have let you down in the past but you can be rest assured, Jesus will not! He is not a man that he should lie! You can put all your trust in Jesus Christ and He will not disappoint you!

Secondly, Proverbs tells us to not lean on our own understanding. Sometimes we will go through things in life that we just don’t understand. “God, why is this happening?” “God, why did that have to happen?” “God, why am I going through this!?” We need to come to a place where we don’t try to figure everything out and simply trust God! “Lord, I don’t understand this but I’m not leaning on my understanding I’m leaning on you!”

Thirdly, we are to “acknowledge him all all our ways.” Simply put, we are to put Christ first in every area of our lives! Acknowledge him in your life, your marriage, your finances, and let every decision you make be based upon and around Him!

Lastly, when we follow these three commands, he will be directing our paths! You may be in a place of frustration right now where you find it hard to trust and don’t understand what you are going through but if you’ll say, “Lord I’m trusting you with everything that is within me and although I don’t understand, I’m acknowledging you, now direct our paths Lord Jesus!” Be encouraged! Keep the faith!