Trust in the LORD with all your heart

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.—PROVERBS 3:5,6,

These verses get to the core of Christian living. Can you trust the Lord fully? “With all your heart” means with everything. No matter what comes— good, bad, or indifferent; no matter what the pain or suffering; no matter what the trial or disappointment, can you trust the Lord wholeheartedly? The alternative is to lean on your own understanding, which is to interpret everything from your perspective. You need to remember this: God loves you, and His promise is that in all things He is working together for your good. You have to trust Him for that. Don’t lean on your own understanding and trust your own interpretation. Consider the life of Job. He lost all his children, possessions, health, and his wife and friends failed him. But after all Job’s questions and suffering, when he finally encounters God, he can only say, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. Therefore I...repent.” It all came down to simply trusting in God and His goodness. Don’t lean on your own interpretation of the things that go on in life. Always trust the Lord. In everything acknowledge Him. He’ll open up a path you never even expected. This is His promise.