“Trusting In Him Cancels Out Confusion”
Hello everybody! I hope this finds you walking in the joy of the Lord!
Many times in our life as a true Christian we run into those moments of decision that we just don’t have the answer for but we still earnestly try to figure it out on our own. Or we may go ahead and make the decision from our own earthly wisdom and it gets us into a position of confusion; confusion that has to do with how did I get here and how am I going to get myself out of this? I guess the first thing that I need to say is that confusion in your life is something that is definitely not a result of following God’s Word and will for your life.
I have been there. I have made a decision before that seemed like a good idea at the time and it seemed like a God idea too, BUT I got ahead of God, I moved too quick in my decision and it put me into a situation that ended up in a quagmire of confusion. My eventual way out of it was to let God into it, and let Him decide what I should do from then on, and guess what, the place of confusion turned into a situation of peace and true God ordained purpose. I guess the Bible is correct when it says,
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”-Proverbs 3:5-6
Verse 5 says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart” This is a very important teaching because God is the origin or source of all good. He has made us as His creatures to be dependent upon Himself. He requires us to be conscious of that dependence. He has promised to communicate what we need and He commands us to believe His promises, and look for our fulfillment in Him. But, we are to do this without doubt, fear, or distrust and we are to do it “with our whole heart.”
“And do not lean on your own understanding” You are to lean on GOD, not on yourself, because as I have heard it said, “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool.”
Verse 6 tells us, “In all your ways acknowledge Him” This is what I have so deeply learned in my own life as a believer. I have learned to begin, continue, and end every work, purpose, and device, with God. I have learned to earnestly pray for his direction at the beginning, and to look for his continual support along the way, so that everything I do will begin, continue, and finish in His glory!
Leaning on our own self-sufficiency and self-dependence has been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall of Adam. Trying to live independently of God will do nothing but bring confusion. Trying to make the important decisions of your life without God can end you up in a place of great confusion.
There is no reason for you to have confusion in your life today. Give your area of confusion over to God. Set your mind on Him and begin to trust in him, lean on Him, let His thoughts be your thoughts, let His ways take the place of your ways. If your decisions have brought you to a place of confusion, then ask for forgiveness for trying to do it your way, and then let God help you do it His way. Confusion will not be a part of the life of a believer in Christ who is trusting, leaning and steadfast in their mind towards God.
I am excited for you today and the fact that you are going to be relieved of your confusion and set in a place of perfect peace!
God Bless and have a wonderfully peaceful day.
Pastor Brad Tuttle
