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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.

—Proverbs 3:5-6

 Here is an oldie, but goodie.

Trust can't be half-hearted, either it is full trust or it is clouded with suspicion.

When I am going through rough times I have to stop and remind myself that God is in control and I have to “let go and let God”.  

We all feel a little bit hopeless at times, sometimes it feels like just when things are starting to go right and everything is coming up roses something comes along to make it all come crashing back down. 

It’s a horrible feeling and it’s easy to get lost in a sea of despair. 

Enter the navigation system: Navigation systems are so convenient - type in the coordinates or the address of where you want to go, and if you listen to her, she will get you to your destination. 

Even if you turn right when you are supposed to turn left, or if you go straight when she told you to turn, she simply says “recalculating” - she never gives up and shuts off or tells us to go away, she simply recalculates until you are back on the right path.

God is like our personal navigation system – and our coordinates are typed in from birth.

We want to get to Heaven, but along the way, we get lost - a lot, and we recalculate - many times.  

But God, He never gives up, He keeps nudging us in the right direction until we are back on the right path.

There are times though, when we are tempted to turn off the navigation and try to make our own way.

This is when the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness just swallows us up. 

So what do you do? 

What we should do is turn to God, He has a lot to say to us when we’re feeling hopeless and when we do turn to Him, we find a bit of comfort. 

We need to realize that we are not alone in feeling hopeless, it happens to all of us.  

So as we face the everyday challenges of life, or as we look for answers in deep and difficult problems, we need to put our full trust in the LORD.

When things are tough, call on God and lean on His mercy and grace.

No matter how insightful, wise, experienced, or knowledgeable we may be, God can guide our steps properly.

God asks us to trust Him and His wisdom even when we can't immediately see the rationale behind it.

To live by God’s words will challenge our current understanding of “the way things ought to be”.

This can cut across our habit patterns and ways of thinking and learning to think that way can be painful, but if we surrender to God’s wisdom, we find that many of the bad decisions we used to make start to diminish.

To venture into the uncomfortable views of the Bible is greater than staying in the familiar patterns of our own understanding.

This is how HE will make our paths straight.

Aren’t we lucky to have a great navigation system?

When we trust in Him, things fall into place, good things happen and we get the answers we seek. 

How awesome is that?

Have a blessed day!