“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart: and lean not to thine own understanding. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord and depart from evil.”
This is the follow up to yesterday’s article on mercy and truth. These verses will help us to live in and practice mercy and truth in our lives. Verse 5 – “Trust in the Lord…” This does not tell us to just give God a nod in our lives, it tells us to trust in the Lord with all of our hearts. Heartfelt trust helps us to live the mercy and truth that we should portray to the world. I think that the world sees too much half-heartedness on our part in our churches. I try to look out for it myself, because it is easy to slip into half-heartedness. I think that half-heartedness is contagious, and we need to check it in our churches. Then the verse tells us to “lean not to our own understanding.” If we stay away from prayer and Bible reading, we will “lean to our own understanding.” We need the Lord’s wisdom, not our own. Verse 6 – “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”…” We need to follow the leadership of God in our lives. I have seen the Christian life described as coming to a cross road, and we have to decide which road to take. I think that you will agree with me that it is sometimes easy to take the wrong road. This is where living in mercy and truth helps us to take the right road. I know that when I have gotten off on a wrong road, it made a mess in my life. (Come on, you know what I mean.) We can identify with Simon Peter when he denied the Lord. He went out and” wept bitterly,” and got back on the right road. We need to do the same. Verse 7 – “Be not wise in your own eyes…” We make a big mistake when we depend on our own wisdom, in our lives and in our churches. No matter how smart we think we are, we are not smarter than God. (duh) When we follow the Lord’s thinking, we “depart from evil.” We really need to spend a lot of time in prayer and meditation in seeking the wisdom of the Lord. That is the only way that we can be sure to “depart from evil.” It is just so easy for Satan to trip us up if we don’t seek the Lord’s wisdom. These verses clarified for me what it means to live God’s mercy and truth. It is not a “do it yourself” project. Trust in the Lord, seek His direction and His wisdom and walk in mercy and truth. Selah Bro. Joe
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