“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” (Prov. 3:5-6).
When we wholeheartedly take refuge in the Lord, with our hope and confidence in Him, then we look away from our own imagined wisdom, realizing that “it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” and that “the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” “Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.” But how different when we “trust in the Lord” and do not depend upon our “own understanding,” for when we “in all [our] ways acknowledge Him,” when we diligently seek His answer and His instruction, then “he shall direct thy paths,” for He has promised that “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye.” “Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will He teach sinners in the way. The meek will He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach His way.” “Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness.”
Our wisdom is not sufficient
For even one day below;
We acknowledge our need of grace
That we Thy guidance might know.
Jer. 10:23; 1 Cor. 3:9; Prov. 26:12; Psa. 32:8; 25:8-9; Jer. 9:23-24.