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Devotional for Thursday, December 15, 2016
“Leaning Yourself Upon the Lord”
 
trusting Jesus
 
by Dona Hake
 
 

Proverbs 3:5 (AMP)
“Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart

and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.”
 
Some days it can be tempting to just see things through how you are perceiving them. We can tend to view things from the “glasses” of our formed opinions and thoughts and we can fall short of seeing things as God sees them. If we are leaning on our own understanding we are seeing things as we have concluded them to be.    We are forming opinions on our past experience or our own expectancy.  We need to remember that God is always seeing the bigger picture, and He sees how all is working together for the good if we trust in Him.
 
Now if we are leaning on God and trusting in Him, it is truly a wonderful thing. Leaning upon God will bring rest to our souls. Sometimes in the midst of life’s hard blows it can cause us to be weary and tired. I was so blessed as I read verse 7 of this Psalm for it brings even more understanding to trusting in our Lord.

 

Psalm 37:-7   Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
“Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.”

 
Have you ever been so tired and you stopped to just lean against something, and once you felt strength to go again you then proceeded. The psalmist was encouraging the reader to stop and lean on God and do it with patience. Today I encourage you that if you are needing rest and refreshment in your soul to STOP, BE STILL, AND PATIENTLY LEAN YOURSELF UPON HIM! Wait patiently as He refreshes, strengthens and restores your soul. God is good!