Trust in the Lord with all your heart
Lean not on your own understanding
In all of your ways acknowledge Him
And He will make your paths straight
Don’t worry about tomorrow
He’s got it under control
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And He will carry you through
Lord, sometimes it gets so tough
To keep my eyes on You
When things are going rough
But when I turn my eyes up to the sky
And I hear Your voice, it says to me
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
Lean not on your own understanding
In all your ways acknowledge Him
And He will make your paths straight
Don’t worry about tomorrow
He’s got it under control
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And He will carry you through
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And He will carry you through
Sung by Rob and Heidi Paoletti
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will direct your path.
Proverbs 3:5-6
I love this Scripture! You might say it is my life verse. Whether I know what the day is going to hold, or not, my desire is to trust my Creator God with every moment of it.
Here are just two of many reasons I desire to trust Him:
- Since He is the Beginning and the End, He also knows about everything in-between. As believers, this fact should give us a comfort that He’s got it under control.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End,”
says the Lord God. “I am the One Who is, Who always was,
and Who is still to come—the Almighty One.”
Revelation 1:8
- He already has a good plan for me! Jeremiah 29:11 reassures us with this quote from God Himself,
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
It’s very true that life gets rough and tough, and that makes it hard to keep our focus on God sometimes. In those times, oh, how we need to keep listening for His Holy Spirit’s sweet guiding voice, and keep our eyes on Jesus, our Savior and our example. Men and women, like Ruth, Esther, Peter, and Paul, are prime examples of those who went through rough times, and yet they followed the leading of God’s Spirit, accomplished God’s plan for their lives, and blessed others along the way.
I have a friend who, for me, has been an example of this verse. As a young adult she trusted the Lord, and He prompted her to get her nursing degree. She listened, and she watched for doors to be opened and closed according to what God wanted for her life. As a single woman she went into dangerous foreign mission fields, because that’s where God led her, and she trusted Him. Through the years He also blessed her with a godly husband, and together they continued to go where God “made their paths straight.” They served Him together on several more mission fields before they retired. It sounds glamorous, but there were many rough and tough spots along her/their path. If they hadn’t trusted the Lord—if they hadn’t kept their eyes on Him, and their ears open to the Holy Spirit’s leading—many people would have never heard about Jesus and His love.
My friend is widowed now. She has had to make some tough decisions about her future. Instead of “leaning on her own understanding,” she is trusting the Lord to direct her path. She is anticipating that He has more ministry for her to do, and He will carry her through.
In the rough and tough times, I have a tendency to want to control things. Since listening to this song and meditating on this Scripture, I must question myself…
Am I really trusting the Lord with all my heart?
Am I really acknowledging His sovereignty
and allowing Him to direct my path?
If I can answer ‘yes’ to those questions, then God will make my path straight, and I will have opportunities to share Jesus and His love with others. How will you answer these questions?
Trust Him. He will direct your path.
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Dear Lord God, we know that You love us just as much as You loved Ruth, Esther, Peter, and Paul. You love us just as much as You love my friend. You have a good plan for each of us, and You know the beginning, the end, and all the in-between of our lives. Please help us, Lord, to trust You with our whole heart, to acknowledge Your sovereignty, and allow You to direct our path. We love You, and want to live wholly for You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
