The outlook of God and His outline for every single life of a person here will determine our outcome. Now, for me, if I had to choose, okay, my deal or deal of God, A or B, C or D, 1 or 2, I am going His way every time because God invented life. He invented our passions. He invented everything. Why not do it in the way of God?
And this is what Solomon was driving at. Solomon wrote this when Israel was at the peak and pinnacle of their existence. It was the golden era. It was great to be a part of his nation. Everything was going great. And check out his words.
Proverbs 3 vs 5 to 6 (NKJV), 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.
Notice right upfront, Solomon talked about an outlook. When I say the word outlook, what do you think about? You should think about perspective, because Solomon says, Trust in the Lord. I mean, trust is a must. If we do not trust, we are going to end up in the dust, right?
We all trust in something. Some are trusting in material possessions; some are trusting in substances; some are trusting in travel, some are trusting in just feelings. Solomon says, Trust in the Lord. Then he says, Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, not some of your heart, not most of your heart. We should let go of our heart and let God go with our heart.
I think Solomon, being a man, knew how tempting it was to compartmentalize our lives. And men, we really struggle with this. Okay, I have got my recreational world here, I have got my financial world over there, I have got my relational world here, and the spiritual world there and the financial world there, recreational world there. And we live this compartmentalized life, sort of like a robot.
Well, Solomon says, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. If you want to discover the best of God, trust in the Lord with all of your heart.
It sounds great. It makes a great chick flick, an incredible romance novel. Lifetime television makes zillions off of it. It sounds so good. But you know what? It does not work!
Self-reliance leads to self-deception, which ushers in self-destruction. And Solomon knew the danger of our feelings and emotions. So we should not trust our hearts according to
Pastor Ed Young. We should trust God with our hearts. We should submit our hearts, our feelings, our emotions to God.
