You can rely on God

"5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."                 Proverbs 3:5-6.  NKJV

TRUST
In this context, to trust, means to lie helpless, facedown. It pictures a servant waiting for the master's command in readiness to obey. To break it down further, trust means to, have faith in, to rely upon, to depend; to be sold-out for God and to realise as one does, it is safe to do so.
WITH ALL YOUR HEART
Note the word 'all.' Sometimes the temptation is to trust God a little but to keep back some trust so that we can rely on ourselves too. This is not the way. We have to surrender 'all,' there is no other way when we walk with God. He requires everything - all we have, in fact, to be committed and completely signed up to His will. When we are, He will take care of everything. This is where He wants us to be - totally dependant and reliant on Him.
LEAN NOT
Don't doubt or rush in to things hastily. We need to ensure that what we are doing; where we are going is the right thing for us. Leaning into God, is seeking God-inspired direction, not self-reliance
ACKNOWLEDGE
'The Hebrew word for acknowledge is Yada and means, direct, intimate contact. It refers to life-giving intimacy as in a marriage. It suggests an intimacy with God in prayer that conceives and births blessings and victories' (sourced from The Spirit Filled Life Bible).

Again in verse 6, we're told to acknowledge God in 'all' our ways. We do this with prayer - seeking Him, asking Him and seeking His advice for all we have to do. We have to check the way head, rather like we do when going on a long journey - we need to know the way.
DIRECTION
We need God to direct our paths. Rather like me in the past, you may have made a few blunders which were caused by dashing in and not asking God first. We need to learn by our mistakes and put Him in the driving seat. He has given us the Instruction Manual (the bible) so read it, seek God's view and don't do any more until He shows you what to do. 

The bottom line is, we either believe and trust God or we don't. He has given us His Heavenly compass - the Holy Spirit, so we need to check out what's on the road, what lies ahead and what to avoid.

The devil is around every corner trying to trip us up. When we trust God in everything, to protect and show us the way forward, the angels are all around us.

Copyright 2020 Grahame Howard

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