Lean not to your own understanding.
How many times have you made a rash decision — and paid for it later?
I’ve lost count of the ways I’ve hurried myself straight to the bottom of life’s doorsteps…
All because I had no patience.
I didn’t want to wait.
I didn’t want to ask for help.
I didn’t want anyone to see that I didn’t know what I was doing.
Pride.
Ego.
The very downfall of mankind.
Lately, I’ve been drawn back into God’s Word.
I read sometimes, but not like I should.
Not with focus. Not with hunger.
I let life’s distractions pull me away. My mind is always spinning ahead — planning, fixing, doing. But if I’d just waited, oh, how much heartache I could’ve avoided. How much further along I might be.
I used to “pick through” the Bible, searching for verses to match what I needed in the moment. But today I stopped mid-search and thought:
“I need all of it. I need to understand God’s word in completion.”
So I started at the beginning — again.
“In the beginning…”
The first words of the first chapter, Genesis, in the Bible.
I’ve read it before, several times. But this time, I came with purpose. With focus. With a craving for understanding — not mine, but His.
So many times, we pray for something, convinced we’re doing exactly what God expects… but deep down, we’re still leaning on ourselves. Even our worship can be selfish sometimes — seeking comfort, peace, answers, or even just a “feeling.”
Today was different.
I wasn’t in crisis. I wasn’t begging for a breakthrough.
I was just curious. I wanted to know God better.
I read slowly. I dissected every phrase, sentence, and name—like I would with any new series, movie, or book of interest. I just wanted to know.
I wanted Him to show me what I couldn’t see on my own.
I wanted to lean not on my own understanding.
And He did.
The more I read, the more He opened my mind — connecting pieces of my life I’ve wrestled with for years. Quietly, gently, He began to unfold things I didn’t even know I was holding.
If there’s one thing I’m learning, it’s this:
Any question of real importance — every “why,” every “how,” every “when” — is safest in His hands.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
(Proverbs 3:5)
Seek Him. Trust Him. Wait on Him.
If you believe, let your trust prove it.
He will deliver.
Every time.
Lovingly,
~Ree