‘Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart; Do Not Depend On Your Own Understanding.’ Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Stop trying to figure out things that should be left in God’s hands! When you put something on the shelf that’s bothering you and say you’re going to trust God with it, don’t take it back because you don’t like the way He’s handling it or the length of time He’s taking. ‘…he that believeth shall not make haste’ (Isaiah 28:16 KJV). Speed doesn’t equal direction, especially when you’ve lost your way!
Paul says, ‘Do not be anxious about anything…’ (Philippians 4:6 NIV). That’s hard to swallow if you’re insecure, or a make-it-happen person. We like to slot things; to find some place to put them so they make sense and feel ‘taken care of.’ We don’t like unanswered questions; but one of the tools God uses to crucify our carnal minds is unanswered questions! When we don’t know, we can trust God, worry, or try to figure it out for ourselves. A good cure for this is holding a post–mortem over some of our best thinking and see where we ended up as a result.
God doesn’t always give us answers to our questions. Why? Because He’s training us in trust. Learn to live with loose ends and trust God! If you want growth you’ve got to be at peace with the messiness and mistakes that accompany it. If you are one of God’s obsessive-compulsive children who needs to put everything into a neat little package, this scripture is specially for you: ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.’
Excerpt from THE WORD FOR TODAY, UCB (United Christian Broadcasters), PO Box 255, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 8YY, England. Free issues of the daily devotional are available for the UK and Republic of Ireland.
