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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.
- Proverbs 3;5-6
By definition:
- Trust - complete confidence in a person or plan; or have confidence or faith in; allow without fear; expect with desire
- In - an adjective, inside; not out; directed or bound inward; an adverb - to or toward the inside of
- The - an adjective, used to refer to a person, place or thing that is unique; used to mark a noun indicating the best, most important; used to mark a noun standing for one or all of a kind
- Lord - God; a person who has general authority over others
- With - a preposition; accompanied by; by means of; at the same time as; in a manner showing
- All - adjective, the whole amount or number of; adverb, entirely
- Your - pronoun, adjective; possessive form of you
- Heart - the seat of life or emotion; the vital part, an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- And - conjunction, with; also; plus
- Lean - verb, to incline or bend from a vertical position; rely on for support
- Not - adverb, negation of a word or group of words
- On - adverb, with a forward motion; in, into or onto a thing, place or person; preposition, in contact with; near to; toward
- Own - adjective, of or belonging to
- Understanding - comprehension; personal interpretation; intellectual ability; intelligence
- Way - method; means; manner; direction; habit or custom
- Acknowledge - to admit; to show recognition of
- Will - auxiliary verb, used to express a future tense; used to express willingness or determination; used to express capability
- Make - to create; to cause to be; to prepare; to cause to be as specified
- Path - route along which something moves; course of action
- Straight - without a bend or curve; direct; honest; right; in order; undiluted
Trusting in the Lord means putting one's confidence and faith in god who is in control. It means putting ones trust with all, that is, not partial, not conditional, but rather complete, everything, and impartial. Why "with all your heart?" Our hearts are a seat of life, the vital part and central to life. Trusting God with all our hearts means trusting God with our whole lives.
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Leaning on means putting your weight on something for support. We have the tendency to lean on our own abilities, resources, talents, or intelligence. We think we know most, if not all, things, and we think that we always have solutions to our problems. But guess what? Our own understanding is limited. We have finite minds, and so it follows that we also have finite understanding. It is not wise to rely or to lean on our own understanding for it will definitely fail us. Rather, we should recognize that what we have (our abilities, knowledge, talents, etc.) come from Him, God Almighty. For every success we receive, we must be careful to recognize God. And when we recognize God in everything we do, He has promised us that He will protect and guide us.
Question: Why do we have a hard time trusting in the Lord with all our hearts? Why do most people hesitate to lean on God?
I ask myself these questions. I realize that you cannot trust someone whom you do not know. You cannot trust someone whom you do not have a relationship with. When you know the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth, the Sovereign God, you will trust Him enough with your whole life. So how do you know Him enough? By seeking and seeking and seeking Him through His Word in the Bible and through prayer.
[Journal entry: April 7, 2012]
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