Proverbs 3

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, October 5.

You have heard it said that we are to “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7), but what does that look like? One of my earliest understandings of faith came from watching an Indiana Jones’ movie, when he took a blind step of faith onto a perfectly camouflaged bridge, to find the way across the chasm. I thought the life of faith meant I had to do the same, but Solomon taught me the truth, in Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lordand turn away from evil.”

This promise of God, which comes with the praxis of walking by faith, is not asking you to take a blind step, like Indiana Jones had to do, but to trust in God, and in His Word, for each step you take. Through the study of His Word, God illuminates the path before you (Psalm 119:105). When you learn that God is trustworthy, and His ways are true, then the path becomes straight, as you realize you are walking with Him. The life of faith is learning to trust the God we cannot see, but who is with us, as Hebrews 11:1 explains, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Sight is when you lean on your own understanding, faith is when you acknowledge Jesus by your side. We are instructed in 1 John 2:6, “the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.”

Seize the moment and apply the wisdom of Proverbs 3: love God and you will walk by faith! This is the life that pleases Him (Hebrews 11:6).

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