Trusting the Lord

Proverbs chap 3 : 5-6 :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.

This is pretty much my favorite verse in my growing up days. When I was meditating upon this verse I came to realize, there are many times when I lean on my own understanding.

Most of the time, we tend to judge the way things are done according to our own understanding. How do we get this certain level of understanding in our life? There are various reasons that can contribute to it. It can be our environment, our friends, the places we used to go too, family values, education and the lists goes on. Our past life experiences of fear ,insecurity, loneliness may also have contributed to the understanding that has been framed in our life.

Someone told me this before many years ago ,”Rowena you have this tall condominium in your mind and soul. It is built inside your subconscious system. It is concrete as it has been there all these years. If you want to experience something new in your life, you must be ready to demolish this condominium in your mind and renew your mind with the Word of God.

So this condominium that each of us have is likened to our understanding at the way things are done in our life. These are strongholds. Strongholds are bondages built within us based on our understanding on certain areas of our life. Example, ”I am not smart. I can never make it in life. I will be poor forever, I will continue suffering, etc. etc.”

I believe each of us we have our own journey to reflect the goodness of God about our life. Many times we may feel discouraged, disappointed or maybe feel lost or troubled. But hey, stop having your own understanding. Go back to the Word. Trust in the Lord. Submit all our ways to Him. Let God handle us. Have this peace in Him .

Say this today : I trust the Lord-R.J.JOHN

Prayer : I thank you Lord that I can continue trusting in you. Help me to seek you O God always in every season of my life.

Application : Reflect on your own life. Make changes by trusting the Lord and take biblical practical steps towards it.