Putting Heart Into What's "Next"

​​"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

heart: inclination, resolution, determination (of will)

One original Hebrew translation of the word “heart” in this year’s focus verse is defined above. Trusting God when change and transformation are required means that sometimes we have to let go of our own inclinations in order to surrender to the process He has already designed. Sometimes it means we have to use our resolution to release our own will and give way to His. Sometimes trusting God in the repurposing process means our determination has to be directed toward what He has established. This is not necessarily a passive process as the poetically penned words of this verse might feel at times.

This verse is here to remind and encourage us that there will be times we will have to abandon deep inclinations, personal resolve, and set determination in order to reap the full (and fulfilling) benefit of a life with Christ. Jesus Himself had to abandon His own inclination to Lord over all other and become the servant of all. This trust in His Heavenly Father led Him down a path riddled with grief, but He was transformed in death to a greater, more glorified position than before. Similar to that of a butterfly…

The path is not always about the glory, but it IS always for the good.

Lord may we trust you fully in spite of the sacrifice.
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With Great Expectation,
Dawn~