“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.”
This is Martha Marie’s favorite verse. I’ve read this verse more than 50 times before. I decided to break it down so I could better understand and appreciate it.
Trust
- To empower
- To have confidence in
- To depend upon
- To rely on
- To have faith in
- To hope in
All Your Heart
- Giving every effort
- Exhausting every resource and option without quitting
- Persevering
Your Own Understanding
- Our finite attempt to make decisions
- Using only limited knowledge of ourselves
- Shortchanging ourselves of the unlimited wisdom available to us
- Not seeing the whole picture
Acknowledge Him
- Give credit where credit is due
- Give Him the glory for what only He can do
- Thank Him for allowing us the opportunity
- Give Him recognition as the source of all of our successes
- Inquiring of His interest before our own
- Going to Him to be the provider instead of any other vehicle
Make Your Paths Straight
- He knows the best route
- He knows the beginning, the end, and everything in-between
This is a godtube link of the kids saying this verse. We didn’t realize Cameron (2 at the time) had been paying attention.