Lean Not On Your Own Understanding


You know what leaning on your own understanding is like?

It's like standing in the middle of what looks like a huge overgrown garden. It doesn't seem to have any order. It looks like a big mess when you are standing in the middle of it. But when you can view it from above, you can then see the perfect order and beauty of it. You're just seeing a part of it. But God sees the whole.

It might also help to think of God as the general standing in the war room with his corporals and captains, all standing around a huge table on which a map lays. This map is a picture of the entire war with pins and markings of each battle and skirmish being fought. The General knows exactly what He's doing. He knows exactly what to do to get this war won - because it has already been won. He knows where to send each company to get this mission accomplished. He can see it all from above. We can only see it from the ground.

This is why we have to trust Him and not lean on our own understanding or on just what we see.  Because it looks like it's out of control down here. It looks frightening and chaotic right here in the middle of it all. It looks like a hopeless mess. But it's not. He is in control. He knows exactly what's happening. He is leading us to a sure and certain victory. He knows what He's doing. It's all part of a good and glorious plan.

We can trust His heart when we cannot see His hand. We don't have to know everything that's going on to trust that this is part of the plan, the strategy to get us where we need to be, to glorify Him, to help our brothers and sisters.

He needs men and women on the ground to show blind faith and confident trust in their Leader. He needs us to be so trusting and committed that we obey immediately,  without question, knowing it is exactly what needs to be done at that moment to help win that battle.  He needs our unwavering devotion to the cause of Christ, knowing that He leads us to victory. No doubt. No questions. No need for explanations. No complaining. Just a certain knowing, a deep conviction that He knows, He is good, He loves us and He has already won this war for us on the Cross. Trust Him.

Lean not on your own understanding. Lean on His and be at peace. ♡