Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Ian Clark
Another great verse. It reminds me of a story that Cindy told at Alpha on Tuesday which went something like this:
John Patton was a missionary who went to the New Hebrides to tell the tribal people about Jesus. He decided to work on a translation of John’s Gospel. The islanders were cannibals.
“We’d like to have you for lunch!” didn’t have the same ring of hospitality …
Not surprisingly perhaps they had no word in their language for ‘trust’ or ‘believe’. Nobody trusted anyone else. And then one day when a native came into a room Patton raised both feet off the floor, sat back in his chair and asked, “What am I doing now?” The man replied using a word which means “to lean your whole weight upon”. That’s the word Patton used in his translation.
We are not to lean our whole weight on our own wisdom, but to lean it all on the Lord.
Have you ever been in a tall maze where it feels like you are just going round in circles? What makes all the difference is someone in the tower in the middle who can see the way out giving you directions! It might feel like you are heading the wrong way, but you trust their birds-eye view. In life I don't want to end up going on long detours or down dead-ends - I need God showing me the right path. Helen
I find it helpful to think of God walking with me each day,and this is what I pray as I wake up.As long as I am listening to where He wants me to be,and trusting for His wisdom to discern before I`ve gone off track. (A friend of mine,Lyn Lusi,who ran a hospital on the Congolese border, explained this very well in her acceptance speech for the Opus prize.(see Heal Africa,Lyn Lusi memorial page) Jenni
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
Another great verse. It reminds me of a story that Cindy told at Alpha on Tuesday which went something like this:
ReplyDeleteJohn Patton was a missionary who went to the New Hebrides to tell the tribal people about Jesus. He decided to work on a translation of John’s Gospel. The islanders were cannibals.
“We’d like to have you for lunch!” didn’t have the same ring of hospitality …
Not surprisingly perhaps they had no word in their language for ‘trust’ or ‘believe’. Nobody trusted anyone else. And then one day when a native came into a room Patton raised both feet off the floor, sat back in his chair and asked, “What am I doing now?” The man replied using a word which means “to lean your whole weight upon”. That’s the word Patton used in his translation.
We are not to lean our whole weight on our own wisdom, but to lean it all on the Lord.
Roger
Have you ever been in a tall maze where it feels like you are just going round in circles? What makes all the difference is someone in the tower in the middle who can see the way out giving you directions! It might feel like you are heading the wrong way, but you trust their birds-eye view. In life I don't want to end up going on long detours or down dead-ends - I need God showing me the right path.
ReplyDeleteHelen
I find it helpful to think of God walking with me each day,and this is what I pray as I wake up.As long as I am listening to where He wants me to be,and trusting for His wisdom to discern before I`ve gone off track.
ReplyDelete(A friend of mine,Lyn Lusi,who ran a hospital on the Congolese border, explained this very well in her acceptance speech for the Opus prize.(see Heal Africa,Lyn Lusi memorial page)
Jenni