Lay it Down

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

“Lean not on your own understanding.” These words keep running through my mind repeatedly. “Lean not on your own understanding.” I simply can’t get away from that phrase. The next verse says to “submit to Him”.  Submit means to …surrender, relinquish, give it up & lay it down.

The Lord is teaching me that the more I lean on Him and submit, the more room I make for Him to work. He can’t work in my life when I’m holding on too tightly. Sometimes things are simply out of my control and my understanding is limited. God’s understanding is all knowing and all powerful. I guess with that knowledge, why wouldn’t I want to rely on His understanding instead of mine?

So, instead of asking God why & becoming tired of waiting for the answer and then attempting to fix it on my own, I am deciding to… “Lean not on my own understanding and submit to Him.”  It’s time once again for me to let it go and let God.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6