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Friday... But I want to understand and be understood.


Proverbs 20:24 (NLT), "The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way."

Friday... But I want to understand and be understood.

My wife, Margaret is a doer. So many times I will share something with her and she is ready to do something about it. But the problem from my standpoint is that I just wanted her to understand, I want to understand and be understood. Yes, there are lessons for me to learn from reading God's Word.

God has created each one of us to be unique but for many it is so important to understand and to be understood.


Now Proverbs 20:24 (NLT) says, "The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way." That is so good. I needed that.

David over in Psalm 20:1 says, "In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm."

Now in these times of trouble we can wonder and strive to understand why in the world is God allowing this into our life? Is this His plan? But in reality we do need to try to understand what we have done to cause it to come into our life. There can be a lesson to be learned there and to call on Him. It is so easy to blame and be frustrated with God when what we need to understand is the lesson in our trouble and also to cry out to and to trust God. Yes, we need to be doers and understanders in our troubles.

Again, "The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way." And that is so important. That is where trust comes in and faith.

The Amplified Bible says it this way, "Man's steps are ordered and ordained by the LORD. How then can a man [fully] understand his way." In no way can we really [fully] understand all that happens in our life. For those who are followers of God and believe that our steps are ordered and ordained by Him we need to trust and follow without understanding the why. That is called faith.

Now even when we are the cause He still has allowed it and there is something to learn in there and to change.

Verse 3 (NLT) says, "Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling." Verse 13, "If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat." Verse 20, "If you insult your father and mother, your light will be snuffed out in total darkness." Yes, there are lessons to be learned. There are causes and effects.

And verse 12 says, "Ears to hear and eyes to see - both are gifts from God."

Again, "The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way."

Psalm 20:7 (AMP) says, Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we remember and trust in the name of the LORD our God." "so why try to understand everything along the way." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


 





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