Trust in the Lord

When it comes to dealing with situations in our lives it cannot be dealt with our own human reasoning or with our own wisdom (not saying that people don’t have wisdom); human understanding. Why? Because we get emotions involved in trying to process through problems.  This is where we learn to trust in someone who knows how to deal with difficult situations. God’s Word says,:

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil” (Proverbs 3:5-7 KJV).

From the beginning of time, God has always made it available for every person to be able to have success in life. Success and successfully coming up with solutions to problems  are accomplished by God and His Word and by using the wisdom that comes from both. There is a danger that has existed from the beginning of time; this danger manifests itself through people thinking that they can figure things out and do things their own way rather than going through the process of God’s Word. God has always desired for people to be able to enjoy what God has available to them. He has gone as far as giving the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, a perfect place to dwell. When God created Adam and Eve,  he gave them the Garden of Eden with the responsibility to taking care of it. Within the garden, there was provision, and as long as they obeyed him, all of their needs would be met. They would be able to experience continuous blessings; they were to be too blessed to be stressed until the serpent came and deceived them into believing that God was withholding something from them.  How is this relevant to us today?  We all go through challenges maybe not exactly like Adam and Eve who saw an actual serpent. Our serpent may come in different shapes and sized but have the same results of trying to take us down.

We are all going to be challenged with a decision whether to obey God or to obey self or someone else and yes, even Satan.

Who are we trusting? What challenges are you going through? Who are we obeying?