Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 NASB2020

That’s a mouthful right there. Perhaps it would be easier to understand if we take a moment to break it down a bit. Maybe taking small nibbles to make it easier to digest.

Let’s begin with what it means to trust. It’s a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone. And it clearly says to trust with all your heart. Not a little. Not when it suits you. But when life gets twisted and you can’t see what’s in front of you.

It continues with not leaning on our own understanding. I believe this is a crucial part of surviving the storms of life that creep up on us, threatening to wipe out the very foundation of trust we’ve built.

Why, you ask? Because if we rely on our own understanding, it will lead us towards doubt, unbelief, and an attempt to overthink and even overthrow what Gods plans are for us.

That’s what caused me to ask for greater understanding. It led me into a rapid replay of my lifes journey. Everything I’ve gone through set me up for a purpose God had that I couldn’t understand or see at the time.

When I stopped assuming and started truly trusting, I began to see that what I went through had changed me. It made me more relatable. God took the very things that tried to destroy me and turned them into treasure.

We will never know the mind of God. His thoughts far exceed ours. His ways and purposes take everything into consideration. We see a small part, yet we think we have it all figured out. Silly us.

God, give us the ability to totally trust your hidden agendas. To place our tiny hands in your big ones and continue walking when we don’t see what’s ahead for us. May each step create deeper trust in your ability to take us where we’ll be best used for your purposes.

Sandy G