Trust In God

*Text: Prov. 3: 5-6*

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

Trusting in the Lord means to totally rely or lean on Him with total confidence that He is able to support you. Our text this morning is an admonition for us to trust in the Lord not partially but totally. From that scripture we deduce that the alternative to trusting in the Lord with all of our heart is for us to lean on our own understanding and the scripture clearly warns us not to do so. It says to us “Don’t lean on your own understanding”. According to Strong’s concordance, the Hebrew word for lean means “to trust in, support, to support oneself”. Don’t depend on your own way of thinking, let God lead you. Let God lead your heart, let God lead your hands, let God direct your course. When you make the right choice, which is the choice to trust Him, then He will direct your path. To put it another way, when you choose to trust Him, He will light your path.

The instruction is simple enough, but obedience to the instruction is not as simple. Many find it difficult to trust God due largely to the problem of unbelief. They do not belief in the ability of God to meet all their needs, they do not believe His word. It is rather strange that while people find it difficult to believe the word of God, they easily believe the words of men. Many today have elevated the words of men above the word of God. They struggle to believe the word of God concerning them as revealed in scripture, but they have no problem believing the words of men concerning them even when they are words that paints a hopeless and a helpless situation. Thus is the reason why many have failed to receive their long sought after miracles just because they will not totally trust the Lord.

This inability to fully trust the Lord has placed many under bondage to things that has no right whatsoever to reign over them, and has also made affliction and problems to persist in the lives of many. Even though our understanding has failed us many times, many are yet to learn their lessons and will still lean on their understanding or the understanding of men rather than trust God. The text also assures us that when we acknowledge Him as Lord in all our ways, he will in turn gives us the direction we need.

Are in need of direction for your life, your family or your business? Are you surrounded by mountains of problems and you don’t know where to turn? Are you at a low point of your life as a result of disappointment you have encountered in the hands of persons you have trusted in the past?

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Surrender everything to Him. Surrender your fears to Him. Surrender your failures to Him. Surrender your shortcomings to Him. Surrender your pain to Him. Surrender your wounds to Him. Surrender every aspect of your life over to Him. Let Christ make you whole. Let Christ direct your path. Shalom

Prayer Points

1. Father I praise you because you are sufficient for me, you are able to provide for me all the support that I need.

2. Father please forgive me for those occasion when I rated the words of men above your words in my life

3. Father as I study your word please help me to believe in it more and more and teach me to apply the word to my situation in Jesus name

4. Father please deliver me from every bondage I have found myself due to my inability to trust you fully in Jesus name.

5. Father grant me grace to acknowledge you in all my ways so that I can receive the direction that I need for my life in Jesus name.