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Proverbs 3:5 imparts wisdom to its readers: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your understanding.” There is a significant difference between trusting in the Lord and trusting other individuals or things. Our trust is not in angels, people, rituals, or methodologies but in the Lord alone. As the writer of the proverb points out, our trust is not in our understanding.
To trust in the Lord with all our heart, we must wholly rely on God’s promises, wisdom, power, and love to help us in every circumstance. Human understanding is prone to error. In contrast, God sees and comprehends all. He is the One we can lean on and trust. We should trust the Lord with all our heart because human understanding is tainted by sin, limited wisdom, impulsive assumptions, and faulty emotions. We are not always correct. Proverbs 14:12 reminds us of this: “There is a way that appears right to a person, but in the end, it leads to death” (emphasis added). Sin corrupts our understanding and leads us to destruction (Ephesians 4:17-18). “Our knowledge is partial and incomplete” «For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. », (1 Corinthians 13:9, NLT). Should we base our understanding on what is partial, sinful, or destructive? Or should we trust in the God who is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-wise, loving, and has good plans to guide, satisfy, and establish us see Isaiah 58:11?
God does not change «For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. », (Malachi 3:6), and His decisions are never arbitrary or wicked. Psalm 92:15 tells us, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no evil in him.” God is not wicked and will not lead us to ruin. Instead, He guides us on paths of righteousness «He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. », (Psalm 23:3). He never deceives (Numbers 23:19;Hebrews 6:18), and He is faithful to fulfill His promises «My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. », (Psalm 89:34). God’s plans are flawless, sacred, and just, and He orchestrates all things for the benefit of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose «And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. », (Romans 8:28). God is deserving of our trust.
Trusting in the Lord begins by believing in Jesus for salvation. When we trust in Him, we acknowledge that “salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” «Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. », (Acts 4:12). We then get to know God more as we spend time in prayer and Bible study. The more we know God, the more we will love Him. The more we love Him, the more we will trust in Him alone—with all our hearts—for wisdom, for decisions, for everything.
Jeremiah 17:7–8 describes the be
Benefits that come to the person who trusts the Lord with all his heart: “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Those who trust in the Lord have hope and need not fear difficulty or calamity. They know who is in control of their lives and that He is fully good and true. Proverbs 3:5–6 is a wise instruction that ends in a promise: “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.” What a wonderful thing to trust in God with all your heart and to have Him direct your paths!
