Lean not into your own understanding

♦ March 23, 2026 ♦ Leave a comment


 

Prov 7 (ESV) 1 My son, keep my words

and treasure up my commandments with you;

2 keep my commandments and live;

keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;

3 bind them on your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

 

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

6 in all your ways submit to him,

and he will make your paths straight.

 

Years ago I was given the best compliment of my life. I was told I was teachable.

 

Being teachable means being flexible, being aware that we don’t have all of the answers. Beyond that, staying in the Word of God shows people who we are, for we do not rely on our own understanding. We depend upon, have confidence in and have ultimate trust in Jesus, John 1:14 (NIV) 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

Who are we? Despite our inadequacies we are called children of the King.  How great is that?  We are kingdom people! We are those who contend for the faith! We may grow weary, but we do not faint. We speak words of life because words matter, faith matters, and the promises of God matter.

 

May we today and every day look to God our Father to praise Him for Who He is, to the Son to thank Him for our salvation, and to the Holy Spirit to ask Him to fill us continually to overflowing. And, may we speak the name of Jesus, sharing Him with all we meet.

 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

 

 

 

 

 

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