Daily Devotional Take Away: Proverbs 3:5

My takeaway from my daily devotional which focused on Proverbs 3:5.

Trust God with all your HEART and MIND (this is the “lean not on your own understanding” part).

This means that we don’t meditate on our problems, wrapping our minds around the problem over and over again - we hand it over to God and trust Him with it. He will keep our path straight.

He has an excellent track record of keeping my own path straight - something I cannot say for myself.

When we don’t trust Him with our hearts and minds and continue to meditate on our problems instead of God it only causes negatives in our own lives - one of which is stress. Stress is toxic for us in many ways - specifically our mental and physical health. But God has the perfect solution to protect us in both areas - hand it to Him.

Let Him work it out on our behalf. Stop thinking we have to be the world’s problem solvers.

When the “worry” starts to creep into our minds push it away. Tell yourself you refuse to worry about it. Don’t let your mind circulate it over and over. You are in control of your mind. Talk to God about it - ourloud if necessary. Personally, I have always journaled a lot. I will lament about my problems and then very consciously I say, “But God, I am giving this all to you.” This has always been a powerful step for me personally. The important thing - find a solution that works for you.

My prayer - Dear God, I ask that I, and anyone else who may struggle with this, be able to trust you with all of our hearts and minds. That when we face a problem that we have the strength to hand it over to you and meditate on your word and your truth instead of the problem itself. I know for some of us this may be hard to do at first but I know if we stay faithful in this pursuit that in time it will become much easier and we will feel the freedom of the bondage that the stress and anxiety that focusing on these problems causes us. In your precious son’s name. Amen.

Blessings,
Andrea

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