“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 3:5-6 NIV
Trust is defined as believing in the truth of something, therefore trusting in God is believing the truth that He exists and will do all that He promises to do. Faith takes all of our heart to be strong, to be able to believe without any proof that God is and is in control of everything. Being “all in” with our heart in regards to trust is to not doubt what we believe.
If we trust in the Lord, we should then be willing to lean on Him to help us through life. When we lean on the Lord we are not able to also lean on ourselves or our own understanding because we cannot lean both ways. Admitting that we don’t know everything is essential to remaining in faith and trust because we are willing to trust that God does.
When we admit that someone knows more about a situation than we do, it seems logical to then follow what that person is proposing. Trusting is the first step to following what God is telling us to do so that we are walking the paths He has laid out. By submitting to His way we are also acknowledging that God has a perfect plan. When we are willing to follow God, He will guide us and help us to walk down the path for our lives.
Do you trust in the Lord? Do you trust with all your heart or are you reserving some of your heart to maintain control of a part of your life?
So, are you ‘ALL IN”?