In all your ways...

Proverbs 3:5,6
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.

As I was reading Proverbs 3 today I was reminded in these two verses several things. The first was in vs 5 the word lean stuck out to me. The word lean implies faith. You cannot fully lean on anything without having some level of faith. This vs instructs us to trust in the lord and not on ourselves. In this world today all we hear is to believe in ourself and to trust in our own ability. The writer of proverbs, most likely Solomon, implores us to to place our trust on the Lord. This is a struggle for most is as it is our nature to trust ourselves. The second thing that stuck out to me was the word all in vs 6. It does not say in some of your ways or when you fee like acknowledge him, it says in all your ways. In the footnotes of my study bible the commentator instructs us to hand over all parts of our lives to God and his will for our lives. I do not know about you, but for me there are parts of my life that I like to hold onto. I have parts that are hard to let go and lean on an almight God. I struggle with truly seeking His will for these parts of my life rather the. Asking Him to bless what I have already decided. These vs's today were a real reminder that I need to surrender all of my life and trust in God. I am so blessed to have a Heavenly Father that loves me so much and who wants to know me intimately. I pray that my sinful nature will get out of the way and the Lord will have his way in my life today!