January 10

Genesis 23:1-24:51

Matthew 8:1-17

Psalm 9:13-20

Proverbs 3:1-6

Trust in God.

Proverbs chapter 3 gives us, perhaps, the most famous portion of the book in verses 5 and 6.  For good reason, many have remembered the words of Solomon in this Proverb.

I love verse 3, "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."  Never forfeit love and faithfulness, but live up to them, preserve them, and be an example of them.

We keep what is most important to us in our hearts, Solomon is saying, take pleasure in applying these things to your life.  These should be an extension of who we are, we should always love and we should forever be faithful.

And then the famous words in verses 5 and 6, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

Trust God in all of our ways, in all of our life.  Every aspect of who we are should be placed in God's hand.  We must believe that He is able to do what he promised and that He is wise to do what is best.  

The problem is that so often we say we trust in God with our mouths but our actions tell a different story.  Another problem we have is that we trust God with some things and not others, but Solomon is saying trust in the LORD with all of your heart.

Whatever you fear the most reveals what you value the most, but there is another side to that statement, what you fear the most reveals where you trust God the least.  What are your biggest fears?  What worries you the most?  What keeps you up at night?  What stresses you out?  Give that to God, trust Him with it and He will guide you.

My prayer and desire is this, that we would truly trust in God with ALL of our heart and never think that we have obtained enough knowledge to figure things out on our own.  

Don't worry God is in control!