“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.” -Proverbs 3:5, 6

The meter of the poetry literature of scripture makes this text and others like it more easily retained within our memory banks. In fact this scripture like last weeks (Psalm 119:105) is likely one that you put to memory years ago, maybe even when you were a child receiving a star on the memorization chart in Sabbath or Sunday school. I know that is true for me. If that is the case for you, as it is for me, then the real challenge this week will not be in memorizing  the text but rather in applying the message of the text to our lives. With meter memorization may be easy but it is in the application that we will truly gain value.

With that in mind may I suggest an activity this week as you memorize this text? An activity that may help you move this text from mere mental memory to intentional practice.

On your memorization card write down three areas where you would desire the Lord’s direction in your life this week.

So for me I would write down:

1. Parenting
2. Vision (for our church in 2017)
3. Health

Have you written your three down? Now when you pull out this card throughout the week pause and ask yourself in regards to each of those three areas:

1. Am I trusting God?
2. Am I seeking God’s understanding or my own?
3. When I see what God is calling me to do am I acknowledging, in other words doing what He is asking me to do (i.e I sense God is asking me to have more patience, am I being more patient) ?

At the end of the week after applying these three questions to several areas of your life I pray you are able to look back and say with confidence, “The Lord was indeed directing my paths!”

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.” -Proverbs 3:5, 6