Episode 14 - Something You May Not Have Noticed in Proverbs 3:5&6

Proverbs 3:5 & 6 (AMP) - Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, and He will make your paths straight (removing obstacles that block your way).

 

Proverbs 3:5 & 6 (ESV) - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. I all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

 

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

 

The command to acknowlege Him means to observe Him and get to know Him in the process of living.

 

Trusting Him is actually depending on Him.

 

Take an honest look at your life, find a couple of areas in which you'd like to think you are really trusting God...Now, do this: Say, "I am trusting the Lord with..." (fill in whatever it is you are trusting Him for). Can you take out "trusting" and insert "depending on" with total ease? Can you say, "I am depending on the Lord regarding..." as easily as you could say you are trusting Him?

 

Trusting God means leaning solely on Him without a plan B.

 

To acknowledge Him means to observe Him - to get to know Him right in the midst of this daily life we're all living.

How good are you at observing God?

Do you watch how He does what He does? Or do you primarily want to see the positive end result of what He does?

 

If a key part of having our paths made straight and our way smoothed out ahead of us is a result of observing the Lord, getting to know Him better & better, as in knowing Him so well that we can see His ways occurring around me even when we cannot seem to find Him in a situation, then we need to be about observing Him!

 

God puts a high premium on us knowing Him well. That is truly amazing!

 

He promises that He will make your paths straight and smooth - God will literally and figuratively move obstacles out of the way in the physical realm and the spiritual realm. Will really does mean will...when He says He will do something, don't doubt Him!

 

Your role is to trust and rely on Him - to observe Him - really get to know Him - and stop relying on your own insight and understanding.