A Powerful Guide for Life
Scripture – Proverbs 3:5-6: 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Reflection: This is a very familiar proverb for many people. It’s also a powerful guide for living – for individuals and for churches.
1) Trust in the Lord with all that I am. I will not trust in money or power or myself. Christ is the one I follow. In Him we have all we need.
2) Lean not on my own resources for figuring things out. My ideas are not always the best. Sometimes I flat out don’t have a clue what to do or how things will work. God’s call always trumps what makes sense to me. This is a huge part of living by faith.
3) Acknowledge the Lord in all that I do and am. My ways will be His ways ideally. In my heart of hearts, I will acknowledge Him always in all situations.
4) He will give me trustworthy direction. Christ will not lead me astray. He will always have my best at heart. I can count on that, as I count on Him.
Note: Over the next few days I won’t be posting anything. Here are the readings for those days. Why don’t you try your hand at some reflections? I’d love to find some of your thoughts when I get back to this.
Reading for Wednesday, October 8
Scripture – Proverbs 3:9-10: 9Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Reading for Thursday, October 9
Scripture – Proverbs 3:27-28: 27Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. 28Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow”—when you now have it with you.
Reading for Friday, October 10
Scripture – Proverbs 4:18-19: 18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. 19But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Reflection: This is a very familiar proverb for many people. It’s also a powerful guide for living – for individuals and for churches.
1) Trust in the Lord with all that I am. I will not trust in money or power or myself. Christ is the one I follow. In Him we have all we need.
2) Lean not on my own resources for figuring things out. My ideas are not always the best. Sometimes I flat out don’t have a clue what to do or how things will work. God’s call always trumps what makes sense to me. This is a huge part of living by faith.
3) Acknowledge the Lord in all that I do and am. My ways will be His ways ideally. In my heart of hearts, I will acknowledge Him always in all situations.
4) He will give me trustworthy direction. Christ will not lead me astray. He will always have my best at heart. I can count on that, as I count on Him.
Note: Over the next few days I won’t be posting anything. Here are the readings for those days. Why don’t you try your hand at some reflections? I’d love to find some of your thoughts when I get back to this.
Reading for Wednesday, October 8
Scripture – Proverbs 3:9-10: 9Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Reading for Thursday, October 9
Scripture – Proverbs 3:27-28: 27Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. 28Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow”—when you now have it with you.
Reading for Friday, October 10
Scripture – Proverbs 4:18-19: 18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. 19But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
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