May we trust in the Lord. (Proverbs 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. (Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV)

Why does this verse make such a powerful and essential prayer? Because we need God to direct our paths!

We live in tumultuous times, often confused with several choices before us, not clear on the direction we should take. In such times without realizing it, we can begin to trust in our own effort and energy, our own common sense and experience. We wouldn’t put it that way, but what’s the evidence of our lives? Are we ever scrambling to meet deadlines with too much to do, charging forward to do the next thing, leaning on past experience, the way we’ve “always done it”? In our haste, we may fail to be still (Psalm 46:10), to seek the Lord (Jeremiah 29:13).

This verse goes on to say that in all our ways we are to acknowledge the Lord. This means more than acknowledging His presence. The root word is yada, meaning to know God through personal experience. Whose path does the Lord direct? The one who trusts Him with all his heart, leans not on his own understanding, who knows and lives in a close personal relationship with Him.

Lord, may our trust in You never waiver!