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.
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Episode 142 Psalm 23 & Resurrection Hope
Keeping Oil in Your Lamp - Matthew 25 Episode 141
In Hot Pursuit of Holiness - The Call of Hebrews 12:14
Impurity, Holiness & A Prayer of Blessing Episode 139
A Holy God Makes Us A Blessed People - Episode 138 - Holiness Series Part 1
Back to Basics Episode 137
Sabbath Rest & A Faithful God - the Promise of Hebrews 10:23 - Episode#136
Pouring Out Your Heart Before the Lord - The Promise of Psalm 62:8 - Episode 135
In Need of Some Direction? God’s Got You Covered! The Promise of Isaiah 30:21 Episode 134
What Happens When a Four-Year-Old Gets Caught Breaking & Entering? A True Story from My Childhood Episode 133
The Faithfulness of God & Why It Matters - Episode 132
God’s Promises & a New Year & Great Expectation - Episode 131
Episode 130 A Prayer for You in the New Year & the Promise of Psalm 18
Expect the Unexpected: A Lesson from Mary’s Song Luke 1:46-55 Episode 129
Facing Reality While Standing on the Word of God - Psalm 18:31-36 Episode 128
The Important & Life-Changing Hope of Psalm 145 - Episode 127
God Opposes the Proud, But Gives Grace to the Humble - the Promise of James chapter 4 - Episode 126
The Promises of Prayer in Colossians 1 ~ Episode 125
God Delights to Do the Utterly Impossible in and Through His People - Episode 124
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