Prov. 3:5-6 - Smooth Paths | Josh’s Thoughts

Feb

15

Prov. 3:5-6 - Smooth Paths

Pro 3:5-6 GW
(5) Trust the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
(6) In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths smooth.

Yesterday morning I woke up thinking about the need for Divine guidance. As I was still laying in bed, I realized that lately I have been not putting my trust in God in the way that I should. I realized that I have been worrying over things that I should be leaving up to God to solve.

I got out of bed and pulled up my Bible study software, and I started looking up some Scriptures on guidance. Proverbs 3:5-6 was the first one that I turned to, and I noticed something about it that I had never noticed before. See, I have always thought of Proverbs 3:5-6 as a guidance Scripture, and in a way it is. What it actually says, though, is that if we put our trust completely in God then He will make our paths smooth.

I spent some time thinking about that, and I realized that there is a difference between God guiding us and God making our paths smooth. Of course God does indeed guide us–that theme is repeated over and over throughout Scripture–but, according to Proverbs 3:5-6, He also makes our paths smooth.

As I meditated on this I started thinking about how there are so many things in our life that could be so difficult, but it seems that God just smooths out the paths. For instance, when I moved into my new apartment I was worrying about all of the things that could go wrong. I had to get the gas turned on, had to get Internet service, electricity, had to move, and also had to do all of the other miscellaneous things that moving involves. I was so worried about everything that could go wrong, but when I look back on it I see how it went so smoothly! God truly smoothed out my path.

That’s a small example, but I can think of big examples as well. It’s not that everything’s all a bed of roses since I’m a Christian, it’s just that I know that I have a God who cares about me personally, and He cares about making my ways smooth. He not only directs me along the right paths, but He smooths them over for me as well.

I could give example after example of how God has done this for me, but I think that I’ve said enough. I am just so incredibly thankful to God that He cares about me enough to smooth over the small areas in my life, as well as the big ones.

Thinking about all of this built up my faith, because I realize that if God will do this for the little things, then He will certainly do it for the big things as well!