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Men’s Breakfast Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart: And lean not unto your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path.

What does the word trust mean. Isaiah 12:2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: For the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation.”

Many people are afraid to trust the Lord. The say they trust the Lord but it is easier said than done.

We were not given a spirit of fear. Sometimes the Lord allows us to drown in our fear until we are to tired to continue to try on our own accord.

1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching Salvation, Gift Of

A group of believers was meeting by a river when one of their group fell into the water. It was obvious that the poor fellow couldn’t swim, as he thrashed about wildly. One of the believers was a strong swimmer and was called on to jump in and save the man before he drowned. But though able to save the drowning man, he just watched until the wild struggles subsided. Then he dove in and pulled the man to safety.

When the rescue was over, the rescuer explained his slowness to act. “If I had jumped in immediately, he would have been strong enough to drown us both. Only by waiting until he was too exhausted to try to save himself, could I save him.”

It seems to be all too easy for us to be like that drowning man. Our self-efforts can actually prevent us from being saved! Unfortunately, some people must reach the point of being too exhausted to continue trying to save themselves (by dealing with their own sin) before they become willing to trust in the Savior and accept his gift of salvation.1167

Now this illustration does not mean that we are going to drown or hurt our Lord in any way. But the point is that we ourselves fight against the Lord. therefore the Lord waits for us to b ready.

The more this happens the more we tend to trust in the Lord.

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Here are are supporting ourselves with the Lord. The Lord is our Pillar therefore we lean against the Pillar.

not against our selves.

Psalm 119:105 “NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path.”