Trustin the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understandingProverbs 3:5 (NIV)
We shouldnever trust ourselves to make our own decisions. I know this is a weird thing to say. However, the truth is often times we make decisionsbased on emotions or with limited information. Without wise counsel or proper guidance, we make decisions believing thatit is the right thing to do, only to realize later it was completely the wrongthing to do. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us thatThe heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure(NIV). To protect ourselves from thedeceit of our own hearts, we must learn to embed Proverbs 3:5 into our lives.
We mustlearn how to not lean to our own understanding. How? I believe it is acombination of prayer and accountability to others. When we get to a place in God where we arecompletely submitted to God and to the counsel of others who are committed tothe same godly principles, we are then protected against the deceit of our ownhearts. This may be the most challengingthing for us – to give up our right to make our own decisions. It was a challenge for me. However, as I started to submit myself to Godand to godly counsel, I started making wiser decisions.
Today let usmake the decision to trust in God with our whole heart and trust those who God has appointed over us tohelp us make better and wiser decisions.
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