Devotional for Saturday, October 8, 2016
“Trusting Him Is a Must”
by Dona Hake
Proverbs 3:5-12 (MSG)
“Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Don’t assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil!”
“Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Don’t assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil!”
Today we are focusing on living a life of trust for it is a must as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. As the scripture says we need to trust Him from the bottom of our hearts and stop trying to figure everything out. Many times God has a totally different route He desires to take us and we need to be willing to walk in the direction He has chosen. Sometimes His paths that He is establishing for us are ones we may feel uncomfortable with. If so, let us trust Him for He has promised to never leave or forsake us.
As we look at the life of trust I want to emphasize how important it is that we must make it our pursuit to maintain a heart that is humble. God loves and desires the humble heart for His Word says that He resists the heart of a proud man. As we stay humble, we will be thankful for the knowledge, gifts and talents He has blessed us with but we will keep them in their proper place. As we remain humble, we will always be looking to acknowledge His ways in everything that we do. He can indeed teach us to trust Him with all of our hearts and He will make those places that have seem crooked and confusing completely straight.
Father God we thank You for this new day. You greet us with Your faithfulness and love and we know that You desire to work in our hearts, minds, and in our lives. May we grow in our faith and trust in You as You desire to work in a mighty way in our lives. Help us Lord in those times in which we are tempted to try to figure things out on our own. May we listen to Your heart in everything we do and everywhere we go. In Jesus Name, Amen!