Good morning everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “You can trust God to guide you.”
Christians who love the Lord will genuinely want to know His will and then be obedient to it. However in my years as a pastor I’ve discovered over and over again that well-intentioned Christians often allow themselves to get tied up in knots with worry about whether or not they understand the Lord’s will in any given situation. That then causes them to fret and worry and to hesitate to take any action at all.
Proverbs 3:5-6 is a verse that has helped me personally and it’s one of those Bible promises I frequently point others to. Let’s take a closer look at it. First, Solomon urges the reader to trust the Lord with all your heart. He’s talking about having a heart that is fully and truly surrendered to the Lord. This is a person who genuinely desires to understand and obey God.
He then urges us to not rely on our own understanding of the situation. Our own perspective is often skewed by personal biases, emotions, our own desires, and just plain wrong thinking. Instead we are to think about Him in all our ways. In other words our question needs to be, “What does God have to say about this?” And the way we discover what God has to say about it is through the Bible. We seek His will and His way in His Word. We should also rely on the counsel of a trusted Christian friend or two, and perhaps our Pastor as well.
Then we can trust Him to guide us on the right paths. My friend, God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and He does want to be understood by you. If your heart is right and you are making a sincere effort to understand Him and obey Him, then you can trust that He will not allow you to go astray. You can trust God to guide you.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 