Trust In Who?

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5–6 NASB

God wants us to trust Him instead of ourselves—and yet it is a reflexive action to trust only ourselves, and no one else, including God.

We can know in our heads that we need to trust God, but it is certainly not our default mode. Our natural instinct is to hunker down and protect ourselves—rather than open up our hearts to God. But God created our spirit to want to engage with Him and trust Him.

When you find yourself resisting trust and embracing control, when you find yourself leaning into self-sufficiency or self-protecting, step back and pause. Recognize that you’re pulling back into trusting only yourself instead of trusting God fully.

When you find yourself veering onto the path of your own understanding, stop and “acknowledge Him.” Open your heart up to His love and His leading. Let Him guide you and make your paths straight.

Lord, I trust You with all my heart. I choose not to lean on my own understanding. I acknowledge You and invite You into my heart and the details of my life, trusting You to make my paths straight.