Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
This passage invites full-hearted trust beyond what we can understand.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
This passage invites full-hearted trust beyond what we can understand.
“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”
Trust involves committing your way to God, not merely waiting anxiously.
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
Peace and trust are closely connected in this promise.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith gives spiritual weight to hope when we cannot yet see the outcome.
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated.”
Godly wisdom has a recognizable character: pure, peaceable, and gentle.
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.”
God is described here as the God of hope, not only the giver of hope.