In All Your Ways

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.  Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.  It will be health to your flesh and strength to your bones. 

Proverbs 3:5-8

Just the other morning, I woke up with the phrase “in all your ways acknowledge Him” running through my brain.  I thought about it while I brushed my teeth.  It repeated in my head as I used my face scrub.  Since it wasn’t leaving, I figured it was something that I needed to give weight to.

My girl cousins and I had a Bible study group at the beginning of 2020.  We met once a week to discuss insights from the study that we collectively chose.  Of course, food was always involved.  After a delicious meal, we would dive into the word of God.  The study that we used had a heavy focus on the book of Proverbs.

Although many popular verses come from Proverbs, I wasn’t aware of just how much insight the book provides.  When I searched for the phrase “in all your ways acknowledge Him,” I was smack dab in the middle of this book that nudged me to seek wisdom.  After we completed our cousin study, my personal study took a vacation as well.  Even though Proverbs had made me search within myself, I put it to the side.  Maybe this nudging was a way to renew my focus.

I continued to read past Proverbs 3:5-6 because the verses that followed were highlighted from my time in cousin Bible study.  I don’t need to be wise in my own eyes, huh?  I’m in a season of uncertainty.  I don’t know what to do, and I need guidance.  Duh…it’s written here in black and white.  I need to acknowledge God in all that I do, and He will direct my path.  Okay…actually not duh.  I see the words, but how do I make that live?  It would help if I beefed up my prayer life and study time.  Y’all I have no excuse for having such an unbalanced prayer life right now.  While I do give myself grace, I also make a lot of excuses. 

I constantly try to make sense of situations that just don’t make sense.  I know that I’m not the only one that struggles from this phenomenon.  These verses shifted my focus.  They stopped my mind from reeling and worrying-for the moment.  I have good days and bad days, however, I have realized that my good days occur more frequently when I pray and seek God’s face.

My prayer for us all is that we have health in our flesh and strength in our bones.  We have access to the wisdom that will get us there.  We just need to study it.  #wepreach