Okay, I'm game.
Here is yesterday's devotional (wife and I enjoyed it quite a lot) -
Quote:
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths."
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs is known as the book of wisdom. Naturally we all want to make wise decisions, but there are times in life when it's difficult to know how to proceed. When we encounter a season when we can't see a clear path forward, we often attempt to figure things out on our own. Usually this leads to a dead-end road of frustration. King Solomon, the author of much of the book of Proverbs, offers a solution. He instructs us not to try to figure things out on our own but to trust God with a whole heart and obey Him in every area of our lives. God's ways are often beyond our understanding (Isaiah 55:8-9). However, He invites us into a relationship where we know Him so intimately that even when we don't understand what the next step is, we trust that He will lead us on the right path.
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For me this is a good reminder that in all things I need to go to God in prayer and ask for His blessing, for His will to be done, to be my guide and give wisdom/strength to make it through... I often find myself just doing things without actually consulting God. I don't think the LC practice of trying to be "in spirit" is very helpful in this matter, or better to say, I think it may actually be actively harmful, as there is something real that happens when we humble ourselves in front of God and ask for His blessing on something, prayerfully (with some degree of understanding that He gives according to what is actually best for us, not necessarily what we think is best).