Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

With confidence and assurance you can seek the will of God, know it, and follow it. He says you can. But we must trust God and have faith in Him and His promises. We must learn to walk in the understanding that we are forgiven and free. And we must learn to live within the knowledge that God is good. In the painful times of our lives, it’s easy to question God’s goodness or even His wisdom. Our souls do battle with our spirits in those times, but we can trust Him. He knows what’s best. Above our feelings, above our pain, above our human understanding, we must learn to trust God. Isaiah 55:9 says that “just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than yours, and My thoughts than yours.” If we could understand God, if we could know all the whys, we would make our very great God into a very small and manageable one. And then we would have no one who is bigger than us who can take care of us. We would have no one to trust. There are many times in our lives that we are bewildered by our circumstances and just cannot comprehend why our lives have taken a particular turn, but we can trust Him. Job 13:15 says, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” Therein lies our confidence, peace, and hope. We can trust our heavenly Father. The Bible promises us that when we seek God, He will be found. He will lead us when we ask. Let’s choose to follow Him will all our hearts, in all our ways, and with all our strength.

Anchored in Him in all things, Pastor Darrell