I hear the words
DO NOT,
and then I want to,
as I wonder why I am not allowed to
DO NOT.
So I DO the DO NOT
and then I UNDERSTAND completely,
because when
GOD says
"DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING"
or better yet,
"DO NOT RELY ON YOUR OWN INSIGHT OF UNDERSTANDING"
or in even simpler terms
"DON'T ASSUME THAT YOU KNOW IT ALL",
GOD REALLY wants
you, and me, and everyone else
TO UNDERSTAND
to
DO NOT LEAN
&
DO NOT RELY
&
DON'T ASSUME.
I wonder if maybe I should read this same verse
in more versions or in other languages,
or maybe just maybe
I will heed the words that are spoken to me
and
DO NOT
LEAN
RELY
&
ASSUME.
.And why should I DO NOT?
Because GOD UNDERSTANDS
how my striving to
UNDERSTAND
something
will make me more
CONFUSED,
so that I end up
NOT UNDERSTANDING.
So
GOD really UNDERSTANDS
how our wee little brains work.
Well this wee little brain
is taking a break
from
DOING what
GOD ASKS me TO DO NOT DO.
So I will go back to the
DO NOT
that HE wants me to
DO NOT DO
and only
DO
what GOD tells me
TO DO in the first place,
then I will never want to strive to
UNDERSTAND the UNDERSTANDABLE
Do you want TO DO this with me?
Just put your name in the blank
and say it out loud.
"__________________,
TRUST IN,
and
_________________,
RELY CONFIDENTLY ON THE LORD
with
ALL your HEART,
_________________"*
So far so good.
TO TRUST IN
and
RELY CONFIDENTLY ON THE LORD
with ALL MY HEART.
There is that word
ALL.
And when GOD says ALL
HE means ALL.
And if I am and if you are
TRUSTING GOD and RELYING CONFIDENTLY
ON THE LORD
with our ALL,
then the next WORDS are a no brainer to
DO NOT do
"AND, ______________,
DO NOT RELY ON YOUR OWN INSIGHT OR UNDERSTANDING"*
Let that sink in.
Actually it makes me laugh
as now
I UNDERSTAND
why I wouldn't want to
LEAN ON
&
RELY ON
&
ASSUME
my own UNDERSTANDING,
because you can't
TRUST GOD with ALL YOUR HEART
and then try to
UNDERSTAND the UN~ UNDERSTANDABLE.
Therefore,
let's seal the deal
and finish strong~
"In ALL YOUR WAYS,
______________,
KNOW AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE HIM"*..
So if you TRUST IN
and RELY CONFIDENTLY ON THE LORD,
then you are INVITING HIM into
ALL of
those areas of your life that you
DON'T UNDERSTAND
and
DON'T necessarily like to have to live through.
But
if GOD is with you,
and HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THINGS
then what do you have to lose?
So why does GOD ask us to take HIS DO NOTS seriously?
Because HE can do our life way better than we can,
as HE IS
working
ALL THINGS for the GOOD of those who LOVE HIM.
So why not LET GOD BE GOD
because
"__________________,
HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS,
STRAIGHT AND SMOOTH,
REMOVING OBSTACLES THAT BLOCK YOUR WAY" *
(Proverbs 3:5-6).
Phew,
now that was a mouthful,
but now my
HEART is FULL
of more of GOD and less of me,
as I FINALLY get the message,
AND WILL
"NOT LEAN ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING"
(listen to the song below)
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