Episode 100- Trust the Straight Path

Trusting on the need to know or need not to know basis of Gods omnipotence and soveriegnty

Proverbs 3:5-6 

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This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. Hello, welcome to Shine. I'm your host, Nicole Florence, and today's verse is probably another one that you all are familiar with, and that is Proverbs chapter 3, verse 5-6. One that I always keep with me, because let's face it, life can be very unpredictable. Things can happen. We find ourselves in situations that we completely do not understand. And that verse, of course, is trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding. And all your ways know Him and He will make straight your path. And I think about so many situations where our, I mean, let's face it, our world is just turned upside down for whatever reason, um, unexpectedly, or we feel undeservedly, like, God, I've done everything you asked me to do. I've been obedient, I've been faithful, I pray, I tithe, I, you know, I do all the things. So why is this awful thing happening maybe to me or my loved ones? Um there are times where we don't understand that our prayers are not answered. And again, um whether it's prayers for for healing or or resolution, um we just don't understand what is going on. And so many times I rely on this proverb. Of course, we know Solomon wrote these. You know, he was he asked for the wisdom and he got it. Um, but I have to understand that I am completely incapable through my own eyes, my ears, my heart, my brain. Um, although we are made in God's image, we are not God. And I have the absolute inability to know what He knows, to understand the story, the purpose, the um all the kind of circumstances that are involved or evolving. I just don't have that capability. And when something happens like that, even though the flesh part of me wants to know why or have a greater understanding, I honestly I don't think my brain and my heart can handle it, which is why he keeps us from having that capability, that I lean on this verse more often than not, because I understand that I do not have the overarching sovereignty and omnipotence that God has. And a lot of times I think if we knew it, um, we would not appreciate what we are to learn and do through those times. We would not lean on Him as perhaps we are needing to in those times. Because let's face it, a lot of times when I use this verse, I am being completely stripped. I'm not I'm not gonna say clean, I'm I'm being stripped raw, either physically, uh, emotionally, or spiritually. And I have to lean and trust on His omnipotence and His faithful love that He knows, and we know that everything that happens is for good. And if I lean on that, what appears for before me is not a winding road, it is not a wilderness per se, but it is a straight, narrow path where I clearly can see the light of where I am being guided. I will keep my heart and my mind looking forward, not looking for those answers in places that I shouldn't, like other men, men, women, humankind, or other um sources, or rely on other idols per se, for those answers, that in those moments I am to lean only on him. And he will show me that lighted path for not only the purpose but later that need-to-know basis that he has us on, right? So I do encourage you to keep that one kind of in your in your in your back pocket, so to speak, because we all have those moments where we are like, what on earth is going on right now? Like, I I don't even have words, I'm speechless, um, I don't understand why this is happening to me or someone else, that we truly have to rely on him. And that's what he wants, right? We need that relationship and that trust that he desires for us and from us with him. And I don't know about you, but I need a straight path. You know, so many times in my life, decades before, I've been on that long and winding road, I'll quote that song, and it was exhausting and it was tedious. Um it was full of fear and anxiousness and unknown, and on this light, this straight path, through the trust in my Lord and Savior, I do not have to worry because I know He is going to guide me where I need to be. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.