Just for today I will be unafraid, believing that as I trust in God with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding, He will lead me along a good path.
As we learn to live one day at a time, it's essential that we come to God with a willingness and intention to continuously surrender our will and our life into His care. What does that mean? What does a life surrendered to God look like? What steps can we take to implement it in our daily lives?
Trust in the Lord and do good, then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. (Psalm 37:3-5 NLT)
To trust God is to live confident that what He says can be relied on. If that’s true, the first thing we want to do is find out what God says. That is what daily prayer and meditating on God’s word is all about. We get to know the path God sets before us. We learn about what God says works and the harmful thoughts and behaviours that cause us to stumble.
The knowing part is usually the easiest. The difficulty for most of us is trusting God’s way when it is different from what we have known or what we think will work. Trusting God rather than our own understanding is a challenge when we are facing people or circumstances that we can’t control or realize we need help with. Will we go ahead and do something in fear or panic, or, will we trust God, give up our unknowns, our fears, and our worries, and wait for Him to show us a tried and true path? Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 28:26; 3:5-6 NIV)
Prayer: Loving God, help me to walk in the path You have chosen for me, humbly submitting all my unknowns, my frustrations, my worries and fears, as well as my hopes and dreams into Your care. Thank You for leading me forward in the strength that You provide. Amen
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