Trusting God

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Proverbs 3:5-6. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.” Many of you know that this is the verse from which our company name, Straight Path Management, is derived. It is paradoxical that a firm whose service is expert advice and counsel would take its name from a verse that confesses its lack of understanding! But here’s our challenge: as bright, well-educated people, we rely heavily on our own understanding, often ignoring God or fitting him into our perception of truth and reality. We need a dose of humility that acknowledges God as all-knowing and all-loving. This can be in the form of a simple prayer that says, “Lord, I can’t figure this out and I need your guidance” or, “Lord, I think I have this figured out but I want to know your plan and not assume that my way is the best way.”

Finally, we need to trust God. Trust that he loves us the way he says he does and that he wants what is best for us. We don’t always see this in the midst of a challenging time, but God is in the business of growing our character, not our comfort!