Don't Lean on the Wrong Understanding

There is nothing more limiting than human understanding. Bound within the confines of our mental capacity, our experience, and the culture in which we live, our understanding goes no farther than what we allow into our minds.

 I am thinking about our limited understanding because it is challenged by the writer of Proverbs chapter three, verses five and six. These verses say, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, do not depend on your own understanding. In all your ways rely on Him and He will direct your path.”

The debris and pain of those who rely on what their own hearts and understanding tell them litters social media pages. Broken relationships, revengeful and hasty comments, snide remarks and bitter, caustic statements display a lack of proper understanding.

If, in all our ways we rely on the LORD, He who has completed understanding and can be totally trusted, there would be a wonderful change. God would be directing our path. He who knows the past and future would be in charge. We would not be pushing our way through life trying to make things happen and trusting what little we know as a guide to our direction.

So, can God be trusted to direct our path? The Almighty who created the heavens and the earth, the seas and the galaxies and who holds everything together by His word; He can be trusted to provide guidance. When doubt enters into our thinking (because it is injected there by the evil one) we need not fear. It is not sinful to have questions, but to deliberately decide that God is not trustworthy and we ourselves are, is wrong.

Lay your doubts and questions before the LORD and ask Him for His understanding. Actively seek to clarify any matter you have by reading the scripture, talking to a pastor who believes the gospel and praying with Christian friends. Another passage comes to mind in Matthew that says to ‘. . . ask, seek and knock”. These questions bring rejoicing to God for He loves to answer, be found and open the door of deeper faith to you as you are willing.

So please do not depend on your own puny understanding of things that come your way. Consistently depend on God to lead you and He says He will do it. I do not know about you, but I am choosing to rely on Him.                  Doma