Lean not

Read Proverbs 30:24-28 and Proverbs 3:5

Save. Survive during anything. Stay united. Be everywhere. I love the way this Proverb gives me direct explicit instruction. I am a special educator, and a huge proponent of direct instruction. The students I teach need this direct instruction and repeated practice in order to achieve mastery. God gives me direct instruction (only I can never reach mastery ). I am too weak on my own and I need to unite with other believers. I am too small on my own, but with God I can have influence. How? I need to sellout. I read about this idea of selling out to Jesus in a book by David Platt. What if I sold out completely to Jesus? What would this look like in my everyday? My prayer is this: Lord, I long to remember I am small because I am. Lord, help me store up my wealth in you and always turn to you during the storm. God, unite me with other followers, and lead me wherever you want me to go.

My grandfather built a house at the beach. There is dock at this beach place. It looks and feels really sturdy. My husband recently took a picture of this dock from below the deck, and the pillars were leaning. I wondered, what part does the lean play in the sturdiness of this structure? For me, leaning on God plays the main role in the sturdiness of my structure, period. As soon as I stop leaning on God and start leaning on myself, me entire structure collapses!

…..lean not on your own understanding….Proverbs 3:5