Kelly - Proverbs 3

So much of the Proverbs is so easy to read...and so hard to do. It reads like a list of the obvious - of course I'm not planning on envying the wicked man, or plotting harm against my neighbor, or accusing a man for no reason. As I run across some of these words, crammed so closely together, I'm tempted not to stop and actually read them - to ponder them.

But what about those little verses that are hiding in the middle of "the obvious" that require a little more from me? v. 5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Trust God when my logic and experience and intuition tell me to do otherwise? I must admit, I prefer my own understanding. I don't imagine it's better - but in the thick of the mess, I'm much more likely to try and go on my own than to hand over control to God.

And I find great grace in v. 32 - "for the LORD detests a perverse man, but takes the upright into his confidence." I don't claim that I am "upright" - though by Christ's grace God accepts me as such - but what would it be to be "taken into God's confidence"? I must admit, that this is the closest thing I can think of to Heaven. To understand it all - to be trusted by God - this is the truest desire of my heart.