God Knows What We Need

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 

This morning as I read Proverbs 3 during my quiet time a few verses really spoke to me.  Those verses are Proverbs 3:5-7 (NIV 1984) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." 

After meditating on these two verse all day their meaning really hit home late this evening as I was dealing with my own frustrations of trying to figure out where we will live later this year.  I was reminded that my timing is not God's timing, and He will answer me in His own time according to the plan that He laid out for me long ago.

I want to leave you with three simple truths and a promise that I found in these verses.  I believe if I follow them God will keep me in his graces and allow my family and I to be in the place we can do the most work for His kingdom.  

The first truth is that in all things I have to trust in God.  It is not good enough to just know He is God even sinners know that, but I must wholeheartedly trusting in the Lord in all things that is the different.  This requires us to forgo our earthly desires and trust in Him.  

The second truth is that I cannot count on my own abilities to get it done.  I know that anything I would do without God in my life would simply fail and not be worth it.  Therefore, I have to be willing to humble myself before God so I am able to hear his direction for my life.

The third truth is we are to acknowledge God in all we do.  As I go throughout my day I should be praising God for who He is and all that He has done in my life.  God deserves our praise for all things from the simple beauty of a sunrise, to the brief quiet moments of our day, to the food we eat, and the fact that we got out of bed in the morning.  In all things we should give God thanks and praise.

In light of these three truths there is a glorious reward waiting for us, if we are able to follow through on the first three.  That reward is in His perfect timing He will guide us along the path we should follow.

I do not know about you, but these three truths and amazing reward refocused my from being earthly focused to heavenly focused.

God you are amazing!

Mike