Proverbs 3:5. 5Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
We’ve been focusing on Proverbs 3:5 for the past few days and today we will add verse six, which is the conclusion of this proverb. We are now told that wisdom requires acknowledging God in all your ways. The word acknowledge is the same word as to know. Know God in all your ways. But how? How can a person know God? And how can we know him in all our ways?
There’s a big difference between knowing about God and knowing God, isn’t there? You can know about a person without really knowing them. God doesn’t want us to simply know about him; he wants us to know him. To fear him. To love him. To understand him. To trust him. And he wants us to do this in all our ways.
The indwelling life of Christ makes this proverb a reality. Because Christ is with us in all we do, we can know God through all we do. There is no longer any sacred-secular divide. The knowledge of God through Christ can come in the home or office as much as it can in the church. The way of the cross in known as much in the kitchen as it is in the classroom. Walking by the Spirit of Christ happens down the neighborhood street and down the aisle. The life of Christ forms us as much on the living room couch as it does in the church pew. Jesus is transforming us into his likeness in and through all our ways.
Everything you do is a chance to know Christ better, and to trust God more. That’s the truth of to live is Christ.
You: Do you know about God, or do you know God?
You in Christ: There is no sacred-secular divide. All of life is worship.Is this how you see your life? Do you see all your ways as worship?
Christ in you: How can you practice knowing God in Christ through all that you do today?
Pray: Father, you are always with me, always knowing me. Help me to know you more and more through Jesus Christ’s indwelling life each day. Amen.
To Live is Christ 