Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
This morning we’re going to study what is one of the GREATEST verses in the Bible. (Challenge: Memorize)**
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
Trust- Confident in, Rely on, Lean on, Hope in.
Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart
This is just ONE… of the verses in the Bible where we learn that… God wants ALL of our HEART.
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
In the NT… Jesus calls this the Greatest commandment!
Make no mistake about it— God wants you to LOVE Him in such a way… that He is the Great, Chief,, First, Unequaled, Unparalleled, Unrivaled, Supreme LOVE OF YOUR LIFE!
ANTONYM– A divided heart OR to be 1/2 hearted.
Deuteronomy 10:12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to SERVE the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
We were redeemed to SERVE! (Let My people Go…)
Where are you SERVING? (Again** those who NEVER)
Joel 2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “TURN to Me with all your heart.” Ezekiel 18 Ezekiel 36:26
Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you will SEEK the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you SEEK Him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Luke 15)
Psalm 9:1I will PRAISE You, O Lord, with my WHOLE heart; (David)
God is a God who wants us to Praise Him with our WHOLE HEART!
Catholic man… Saved in our church.
“Can’t you just give God 1hour a week”
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart whose hearts are FULLY committed to him.
Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart
Trust- Confident in, Rely on, Lean on, Hope in.
Q. So what are YOU going through this morning …………..?
The WORD to you this morning is TRUST.
Then ANTONYM would be to WORRY.
Q. Have you TRUSTED the Lord to SAVE you?
IF… THEN you can TRUST Him with what your facing this morning. ( Argument from the greater to the lesser.)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And lean not on your own understanding
Oh… So EASY to quote. So HARD to live!
The problem is we think we know what’s BEST for us!
We think EASE is what’s BEST for us. / Others.
EASE is NOT what’s BEST for our soul! Shallowness!
Suffering is FERTILE soil for the soul!
God knows what’s BEST for us! We don’t!
When I got saved … in my SHALLOW own understanding of God … I made a DEAL with God.
I didn’t even know it… until our family faced a SEVERE trial about 12 years ago…. ( Tent- S.J. Islands)
My voice (most of my 40’s)
1. Raise up others 2. Spectrum- compassion 3. Home kids
In all your ways acknowledge Him
To TRULY… “know” Him. To “get acquainted” with Him!
At the very HEART of who God is…(Foundational Truths)
- God is GOOD Ps 73:1
- God is LOVE Everlasting love! Great love!
- God is FAITHFUL
Great is Thy FAITHFULNESS! (Jeremiah wrote…)
Even when we’re faithless God is FAITHFUL! (Song)
Maybe you’ve LAPSED in your faith. Lost faith!
1 Peter 4:19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
God NEVER lets His people suffer NEEDLESSLY! (WORD)
And He shall direct your paths.
This is a Promise!
As you Trust Him with ALL heart!
Trust- Confident in, Rely on, Lean on, Hope in.
He will direct your paths! (plural?- many times in life!)
He will show you the next step.
He will show you..”This is the way, walk in it!” Isaiah 36:21
Q. I’d like you to take a STEP this morning!
- Suffering
- Backslidden
- Salvation