Have you ever gotten on a bicycle as an adult when you haven’t been on one since you were a kid? I feel like you never forget and it comes back pretty quickly, huh? A few years ago, I got a bicycle as Mother’s Day gift. I had been wanting one and when I hopped on it, within a few seconds I was going around the driveway like I never missed a beat. When I got on that bike I wasn’t really relying on myself too much…I was older, fatter, less nimble. I was relying on what I knew years ago to be true…I rode a bike. My understanding in that moment was that this experience might not end up well, but remembering the truth and me relying on what I know kept me on two wheels.
That’s how life as a Christian should be. We shouldn’t lean on what we think we know in the moment or trust ourselves with our own understanding when life becomes a balancing act. We must trust what we know to be true. The Lord is truth and we must trust in Him…no matter what. He will always know better than us.
Here I go thinking again, but I can’t help but wonder if the reason so many people have a hard time trusting God is because they don’t really know Him. You can’t trust what you don’t know. We read a short devotion, say a little prayer of blessing when we eat or when we tuck our kids in, but we really don’t know God. So when the pedals on our bicycle of life are spinning out of control and our feet can’t keep up, we lose our balance and fall. We lay in the dirt no cry and complain. We trusted ourselves and that never works…more so than not it ends up getting us into trouble
Proverbs 3:5-6 says,
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.”
You can’t do it alone.
What you know will only get you so far.
Trust God in all things. Just hold on, friend and live in the truth of God’s word. It keeps you balanced and moving forward on a straight path!
