5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6
Growing up in a Christian household you’ve prolly known this verse since you were a kid. You might be like me who memorized these verses through kids church or Sunday school and thru my PACEs back in elementary. Also, one of the most quoted and familiar verse in the Bible that almost everyone has used.
But, familiarity can sometimes be bad. Do you agree?
Because there are instances that we get so familiar with things that we just say and do things out of well, yeah, familiarity, like declaring Proverbs 3:5-6 in our lives, but not out of faith and believing in the Lord, but just you know, out of familiarity. I struggled and am struggling about familiarity still, but thank God and His grace that He can and He’ll make a way for us get out of it.
#WaybackWednesday
September 3, 2020 | 14 Elul 5780
I was reading a book last year, while writing the learnings and revelations that is to be revealed to me, and Proverbs 3:5-6 was one of it. How I read and declare this verse will never be the same again because of this learning and/or revelation that I learned/was revealed to me.
Today, I’ll share them with you as well.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6
TRUST IN THE LORD: rest your whole weight upon Him.
The word TRUST also means to lean with the full body, to lay upon, put your full weight on something.
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND
DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING:
The word LEAN in Hebrew is used for leaning against a tree or a stone cliff. You lean to Him because you can’t stand alone, you are not strong enough.
The word UNDERSTANDING refers to mental process. Lean not on your own understanding: Use all your mental powers but do not lean on it for total support.
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
The word ACKNOWLEDGE means to know deeply and intimately. The kind of knowing that comes from personal experience!
AND HE WILL MAKE STRAIGHT YOUR PATHS.
If we know who He is in our lives. It will now be easy for us to trust and lean on to Him. Remember who Jesus is in your life today, remember how He has shown himself faithful to you during those times that you think you just can’t, but He showed up for you. Begin to trust in Him, again. Read His Word. No matter what your situation is, TRUST HIM.
How do we learn to trust the Lord? By spending time with Him and His Word. It’s not yet too late. :) His grace is available for you and me.
April 7 | 25 Nisan 5781, 22:57
