Trust in the LORD
with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways
submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Often, I quote the command of Jesus
to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all
your mind” (Matthew 22:37). According to Jesus, it is the “first and greatest
commandment”. Jesus follows up with a second commandment. He said to “love your
neighbor as yourself”. The second commandment connects our devotion to God with
our daily relationships. The wholehearted love that Jesus describes is love
that is expressed toward God and neighbor. It is a reminder that real love
requires practical application. So does trust. What is the evidence of
wholehearted “trust”? I believe the “straight path” in Proverbs 3:6 is a
recognizable way of life. “Trust in the LORD” is a daily rejection of the
simplest form of idolatry possible – “do not be wise in your own eyes” (verse
7). When we lean away from the LORD and begin to elevate our own understanding
above the wisdom of God, we begin to journey down a crooked path.
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