Papa B
Archive for 30 August 2007
Proverbs 3:5-8
Pro 3:5-8 ESV Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (6) In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (7) Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. (8) It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
Solomon said earlier in Proverbs that wisdom comes from God. Because of this it is sheer folly to think that we can come up with a better way than God. Solomon tells us how to “lean not on our own understanding”. We do this by acknowledging God in all our ways. When Solomon says that the the Lord will make our paths straight the Hebrew word translated as ’straight’ is yâshar; meaning to be straight or even; figuratively to be (causatively to make) right, pleasant, prosperous [H3474 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary]
Our lives are not always easy, but if we put everything into the perspective of acknowledging God in everything we do, God will work in our lives to make our way yâshar. A clear path from the Lord is healing to our flesh and refreshment to our bones.
Oh Father, help me not to think that I have the master plan. I will acknowledge you in everything that I do because you have made my paths straight.