ONLY TRUST

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5

Trust is not something we stumble into by accident. It is a deliberate posture of the heart. Scripture does not invite us to partially trust God or to trust Him only when circumstances are favorable. It calls us to trust Him with all our heart. That means the parts that are hopeful and the parts that are hesitant. The places where we are confident and the spaces where fear still whispers.

So often, we say we trust God while quietly leaning on our own understanding. We trust Him with the outcome but insist on controlling the process. We trust Him with the future but wrestle with surrendering today. Proverbs 3:5 confronts us gently but honestly. It reminds us that trust is not rooted in clarity, logic, or certainty. It is rooted in relationship.

When we lean on our own understanding, we rely on past experiences, personal reasoning, and visible evidence. But when we trust the Lord with our whole heart, we acknowledge that His wisdom exceeds ours and His perspective 

stretches beyond what we can see. Trust begins when we stop asking God to explain Himself and instead choose to believe His character.

This kind of trust requires vulnerability. It asks us to admit that we do not know everything, that we cannot predict every outcome, and that our plans are not always best. But it also offers peace. There is rest in releasing the burden of control and placing it into the hands of a faithful God.