TRUST IN THE LORD

Happy Saturday to all my wonderful readers and followers,
Hope you all had a blessed and fruitful week
Today’s post is about Trusting God.

The bible says in Proverbs 3:5-6 that "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[a] your paths." (NKJV)
This verse is saying that we should genuinely have a firm believe in God with all our hearts and that we have to trust God completely and believe that he has the ability and power over everything in our lives.


What does it mean to lean on your own understanding?
To lean on your own understanding means to believe strongly that your perception and judgement about a certain situation is the best and final. However the verse is saying, ‘Do not lean on your own understanding,’ in other words we have to start leaning on God's understanding. We can do this by submitting to him and also by accepting that he alone is the superior force and highest authority that has ever existed.
Leaning on our own understanding will just lead us on the wrong path. In fact God’s understanding is life and our understanding is death.

The bible says in Proverbs 14:12 that "There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death” So if we continue to lean on our own understanding we will end up on a very wrong path but acknowledging God in all our ways and submitting to him will give us the opportunity to end up on the right path.

I understand that it is very easy to think that trusting in God wouldn’t make some situations better in your life. But it is said in the bible that the Egyptians you see today you’ll see them no more (Exodus 14:13). Just believing in God and trusting him to sort out your issues will attract God’s favour.

My church (Lighthouse Chapel International) recently had a homecoming convention and Bishop Dag Heward-Mills said something that really stood out to me. He said "Sometimes you don't have to understand before you believe, Just believe and trust in God" This s very true because it could take you forever to understand the will of God for your life but just trusting and believing in God will help you to overcome a lot of troubles.

To my dear readers,
Do you always trust your own instincts?
Are you having problems in trusting God?
Do you ever feel that you can do all things without the help of God?

Then I believe this is for you. Pray for the Holy Spirit to help you recognise that you’re nothing without God and that trusting in him will make your entire path straight.

One more thing to encourage you is that, it is written in God's word  that there is nothing impossible for God. So whatever situation you might be going through God has an answer for you. Keep believing and trusting God.

Have a blessed week ahead and remember to share with others the love of God.

~Louisahazel