p. 94 "It was different in those ancient days. Faith was then a task for a whole lifetime,"
Back in the Old Testament I believe that people had more faith than we do today. They had to trust God for everything little thing that they needed and relied fully on Him to take care of them. Now days we are more prideful and independent. We have so many things that we, in our minds have "created" when in reality have simply used the resources God has given us to make something different. We have faith a little here and a little there, but in the past people needed God throughout their whole life. The thinking of today is that we can take care of ourselves and do not need anyone else. Even when I was little, I wanted to be able to do things "all by myself" and refused to get help from my parents. This is a part of worldly ideas and reliance on all these things instead of God is not healthy. Instead, we should put faith in God and, without distractions, need Him in our lives.
Proverbs 3:5 says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding". We don't always know what is best for us so we have to rely on God in all aspects of our lives. Although I find myself guilty many times of wanting to find a solution on my own and not asking for help. Sometimes God may even put a person in our life to help us with a situation so we don't have to go through it and figure it out by ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI have always found it harder to lean on God more so than my own understanding mostly out of pride, and that's why I love to hear Proverbs 3:5 mentioned. In America we have so much already provided for us in line of our daily needs that we forget to depend on the Lord and recognize that as a gift from Him that can be taken away at any time.
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 40:25-26 “ To whom then will you liken Me,
ReplyDeleteOr to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing.
I really love the title of this post. I think all to often we as humans forget just how much we truly need God. This verse is so cool to me because it just talks about how huge and powerful God really is. Like you said, its a pretty common mindset to think that we can take care of ourselves and that we pretty much have life figured out. When I read this verse and get just a glimpse of how huge God is, it really seems pretty stupid of us to think we don't need God.