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He will surely make your paths straight
When I saw the verses that I would be writing about I really had no idea what I would say. Proverbs 3:5-6 is such a common verse, what is there left to say about it? For me it’s one of those verses that just kind of goes in one ear and out the other because I’ve heard it so much. I’ve realized that I’ve never actually taken time to really think about this verse. Now that I have, I’ve found that it applies to life in so many different ways, but that can also be a difficult verse to embrace. Trusting in the Lord seems like such a simple thing to do in your everyday life, and especially in times of hardship. It seems like an easy decision to make. However, I think it is one of the hardest decisions to actually follow through with.
Trusting God often means giving up your plans, going places without really knowing what will happen in your life, doing what the Lord wants you to do rather than what you want to do, and that is a hard concept to grasp for most people. Wouldn’t we be much more comfortable if we leaned on our own understanding and not on God? Shouldn’t I trust my own instinct?
All of this brings to mind the many times that my family and I have moved. We have moved to different states 4 times, and I can definitely say that more than once I have been very much against the idea of us moving. My own understanding was that I had friends where we were living and that we were doing just fine where we were. I was convinced that I could never make friends in the new churches and schools that we would be attending, and I told myself that it would be wrong for us to move. However, my parents felt that God was telling us to move, and they were trusting that it would be the right decision and that everything would work out. After much struggling, I realized that I was being selfish, and I followed my parents’ lead. I trusted in the Lord with all my heart, and He followed through. Every move my family has made has been great and has shaped me and made me a better person.
Trusting in the Lord is hard. It’s not always the most pleasant thing to do, and it certainly means giving up your own plans. Trusting in God is essentially dying to yourself. It is completely worth it though, and if you truly trust and follow Him with all that you are, He will surely make your paths straight.
Thank you Brooklynn,Sean and Loren. You have inspired me this week to come to the Lord as we do in our youth. Fresh and ready to follow him and take his path not our own or of our own understanding. Following him into unknown places and being so open to change. Not only location put inside our own hearts and minds. As you have listened to your parents wisdom we need to follow our Fathers path. So many times we read the same passage that we have read 100 times and then we we go back, after asking God to reveal his will, it turns into something life changing,as if it just appeared. Just the fact alone that he knew that we would find that truth in our lives when he created us can bring me to my knees, shoes off, face down.My prayer is that I would truley die to myself and trust him in everything. That my friend seems to be a daily undertaking. I’m glad you are here to inspire us and share the awesome talents that God gave you. Rock on.
I couldn’t agree more. Dying to myself is the most difficult challenge I face every day. The flesh is incredibly strong and doesn’t go down without a fight. Thankfully, God is much stronger and will help us overcome.
Lord, give us strength today to rely solely on you and not on our own strength. Show us how to overcome our flesh.
Thanks for this Brooklyn!
This is my baptism verse as God knew I’d need it a lot. You’re an inspiration to your peers (and those of us who are a little older!).
Brooklyn, thanks for your incredible insight! We must live an UNADORNED life and strip ourselves away from the greatest thing that separates us from God…..our pride!
I am glad we’re friends and that you’re in my life….keep being a leader; you’re gifted beyond what you think you’re capable of….
Brooklynn your are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing your gifts with CCC, and speaking of gifts: http://www.myspace.com/brooklynnscottmusic
I read a sign once that said “Leaning on God is like learning to float”.
It took a while to sink in but the more I think about it, the more that it is true. In order to float, you must trust adn relax, any tension or angst will cause you to sink.
I don’t know what God has planned for me, and I admit that I am a planner so that is hard for me. I like to know what is coming before it gets here. I am learning though that when I allow myself to float, I am open to God and what the future holds. You never know what surprises he has in store.
Lord let me “float” and trust in you. Today and always.
GREAT job, Girl. You Rock!
great job, oh daughter of mine!
love you!
- dad
I was particularly struck by your words: “It seems like an easy decision to make. However, I think it is one of the hardest decisions to actually follow through with.” Wisdom beyond your years.
I remember reading and quoting this verse frequently when I was younger (high school, college) and somehow as I’ve grown older and developed more of “my own understanding” it’s a little tougher to follow through with the trusting sometimes. Thanks for the reminder Brooklyn.
Brooklyn,
Thank you for sharing today. I thought your honesty about how you felt having to move and to adjust to a new area and to try to make new friends revealed how following God required a personal sacrifice from you. It was cool to see how you acknowledged that even though it was not something you always wanted, God had something good in it and that He revealed Himself deeper to you and your family because of your faithfulness.
Thank you for your quiet presence at CCC; it is a strong reminder that God often speaks the loudest to us in His quietness!
I agree with Roger; I was completely agree with and was struck by your words about how trusting in the Lord with all your heart is one of the hardest decisions to follow through with. It is so easy to turn to the logical answer and live in a way that makes sense, but he asks us to step out in faith and do things that are beyond our own understanding…thanks Brooklynn for these encouraging words and the wisdom that you have to share with us! You’re awesome!
I agree. There is great wisdom in your words. It is good that even when we are selfish God still has things work out. I wish it was only a daily struggle to surrender it seems to be an almost constant battle.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Brooklynn. I love being your mother and I love that we can learn from each other.
Thanks so much for the words. I needed to be reminded of this. Right on time!
Thanks for sharing your heart – you’ve touched mine.
So proud of you.
Love you! Aunt Marla
Great Great Job. Thanks for your words.
Keep up the great work.
Love Ya, Uncle Jerry
Brooklyn…you’re CLEARLY gifted with words (among other things). Thanks for sharing that gift with us. Like others have commented, I was particularly struck by what you said when you wrote “It seems like an easy decision to make. However, I think it is one of the hardest decisions to actually follow through with.” So true…following through with the decision to trust God is a moment-by-moment choice….but I’ve never heard it said quite like that…thanks for the fresh look at these powerful words that I’ve allowed to get mundane at times. As I’ve shared with your parents, every time I see you serving God with your voice, music, and heart, I pray that my Scott girls will understand the Truth like you do and can express it in a way that they are uniquely gifted to…at a powerfully young age. Thanks for being a role model for them…they truly are star-struck by you. The word “thanks”, as a dad, simply doesn’t have the weight needed to express my apprecitation for young women like you that my girls get to be around…so I hope you can fully receive what I’m saying when I say “thanks”.
Brooklynn you are an awesome grandchild. It brings tears to my eyes to know what a wonderful young lady you are becoming. And too, that you have a Dad and Mother that are talking, listening and teaching you from God’s word. My prayer is that all parents would take their time to study God’s word like your family does with each of you!!!