10/30/2026
Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
The wisdom literature can sometimes be difficult in understanding how we apply it to our lives. The book of Proverbs requires wisdom in order to grow in wisdom, but we learn from James, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given to him” (1:5). But wisdom begets wisdom. It takes wisdom to seek God for wisdom, and true wisdom comes from God.
No matter what stage of life you find yourself in, it can be easy to resort back to your own knowledge, experience, and desires to direct your actions and decisions. We want to trust ourselves and lean on your own understanding. But this won’t get you very far, at least not in the ways that actually matter.
We all need to learn to trust God with our whole heart and seek His guidance in all things. Not necessarily on matters like which cereal to buy (obviously Cinnamon Toast Crunch), but on the things that matter (not that how you fuel your body doesn’t matter). One of my professors in seminary would say, “there is rarely an important decision in life that you can’t take a night to pray and sleep on it.”
Yet we live in such a fast paced world where it feels like if you don’t take the deal right now, it’ll be gone forever. Marketers regularly use this tactic to force people into making quick decisions on cars, shoes, language learning softwares, and the such. We must be a people who learn to slow down, wait on God, and trust in the Lord.
Maybe we’ll miss out on some things, but we won’t miss out on God things, and we’ll all benefit by growing in the grace of God through faith in God.
United in Christ,
Rev. Joshua Fried
Pastor