Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding. In all
thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.
(Pro 3:5-6)
Yesterday I
awoke to a text message from a friend.
It simply read, “Praying Pro 3:5-6 for you today.” I knew the verse well, but I found it in my Bible anyway. After read the passage, I
sent back a message thanking him. The verse complimented PS 37 which had been
laid on my heart the previous day. Reading the two passages together God speaking
a clear word through the scriptures.
The passages
would be mediated on throughout yesterday. This morning I woke with Pro
3:6 on my mind, as if I had been pondering it in the night. “In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths.”
This is a
very familiar verse, but familiarity sometimes hides the
most modest meanings. Today I have found hidden treasure in this familiar verse.
Translating this verse again, a picture emerge
that I had previously overlooked .
“In all” …“whole”
“Thy ways” … “your road”
“Acknowledge Him”…“intimately
know"
"Shall direct” … “make strait or even out”
“Thy paths,”
… “caravan or well trodden road”
I have used liberty in my choices of terms,
though the rephrasing doesn’t change the meaning. The verse comes to life with
fresh imagery.
“The whole of your road
get to know Him intimately,
and He shall make strait
your caravan.”
I can
picture myself at the head of a caravan of camels and donkeys, my family and
things loaded onto the rows. I am not alone, Jesus is walking with me and we are
talking, laughing, and walking a road together. I have hold of the bridle of
the first animal in the procession. The
reigns might be in my hand, but it is His fellowship and guidance which leads
us. In truth He has taken hold of my reigns.
