Good To Know: Good Advice For A Better LifeSampl

You know how to get home, but you check your phone anyway. Sure enough, Google Maps tells you that a different route will be 15 minutes quicker. You face a decision—do you trust that Google knows something you don't, or do you stick with what's familiar?

We're constantly making decisions. The hardest decisions are the ones when you don't have all the information you need . . . when there are gaps.

The question of how we fill the gaps can become more complicated when it comes to trusting God:

I know God wants me to stay out of debt, but this deal is too good to pass up.

I know God wants me to be honest, but I really need this job and I may not get it unless I embellish my resume and experience.

I know God wants me to pursue sexual purity, but living with my girlfriend makes so much financial sense.

The writer of Proverbs is not suggesting we abandon our God-given intelligence. Instead, when we face choices between our own understanding and God's way, he encourages us to fill those gaps with trust. When what we want is different than what God wants for us, what will we choose?

Brian Volk

Questions for Reflection:

• In what area of life are you most inclined to lean on your own understanding, rather than trusting God? Is it finances? Relationships? Your future?

• What gap are you currently facing? What would it look like to trust God in that gap? What keeps you from choosing to trust God?