Leaning On The Lord

Proverbs 3:5-7 says, “Lean on, trust in and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind;  Do not rely on your own insight or understanding.  In all your ways know recognize and acknowledge Him and He will direct ad make plain your paths…. Be now wise in your own eyes; But reverently revere the Lord  and turn from wickedness and evil.” - AMPC
 
To lean is to place your entire weight on something, refusing to support yourself. To trust is to believe without hesitation. And to be confident in the Lord is to know His character so well that doubt cannot take root—because you have walked with Him, and He has proven Himself faithful time and time again.
 
The command “not to lean on our own understanding” is essential, because our natural reasoning and intellect are limited. The Holy Spirit, however, carries complete knowledge—He sees what we cannot see and understands what we have not yet discerned.
 
When we acknowledge the Lord in ALL our ways, not just spiritual matters, but daily decisions, in the timing of things, in our conversations, the finances, relationships, our children, our families, everything…. We invite His omniscience into our ordinary moments.  Then He can do extraordinary and supernatural works in our lives.  He can straighten out everything that is crooked, He can bring clarity to what has been clouded. He can strengthen what has been weak and feeble.  He can form together something of great beauty, that for us was just ash or fragments.  
 
Being “wise in our own eyes” is the subtle temptation to rely on experience, knowledge or past victories instead of present dependence on Jesus.  True wisdom always remains reverent.  It bows before Him, it turns from anything that dulls discernment.  
 
When we fully lean, consistently acknowledge, and deeply revere Him, our path is not directed by limited insight but led by the All-Knowing One, and a house built on His wisdom will stand firm indeed!