My Lord, My God, and My Savior

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
MY LORD, MY GOD AND MY SAVIOR
Prov 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
NIV
Can I think of any good reason to every trust in myself instead of the Lord? I cannot, for I know without a doubt my thinking and my reasoning will always be flawed. My understanding, my own wisdom would only be based on the human ability, which has to be so infinitely less than God’s. My human effort to accomplish anything is equally lessor than the Lords ability. How could I ever trust in me? Can I create anything from nothing? Can I speak anything into existence? Can I actually heal anyone of a terminal disease? Can I perform a miracle? Can I turn water into wine? Can I feed five thousand people with a couple of fish and a few loafs of bread? Can I save anyone from sin? What can I do? I can trust in the Lord with all my heart and I can refuse to lean on my own understanding. That is what I can do. Can I stand up and shout from the rooftops on how intelligent I am and that I have made all the perfect choices in my life and the reason I have whatever I have is because I decided ever course of action my life would take, and all my efforts have brought me to this moment in time? No, I cannot say that, for my life has been a result of my Lord and Savior. I cannot do anything in and of myself. I cannot make a good choice on my own. In my own human condition it simply is not possible for me to go in the right way. I acknowledge it is the Lord who has directed my life, who has brought me to this moment in time and place. All I am, and all I have is due solely because of him. He has done so much for me, in me and through me, which I could never have done alone. How could I not give him the entire acknowledgement? It is the Lord who has done it all. I know this is absolutely true and I am always looking forward to a continued walk with him for if I ever let go, for I know he would not, I would not have a very straight path ahead of me. But having my hand in his, and him holding fast onto my, I can walk through the rest of my time here on the earth in a straight and even way. I will not veer to the right or left, for he will direct the way I am to go, both in the physical realm and the spiritual, for you are my Lord, my God and my Savior!