God will make your paths straight

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (Prov. 3:5-6)

Some people sincerely want to know what God’s will is for their lives, but they struggle with a lack of direction; they don’t know what they should do or where they should go. And they are looking everywhere to find it. They are making it too hard for themselves.

The answer

The promise at the top of the page starts off with the answer using eight simple words: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart!” Where most get it wrong is that they think there has to be more to finding God’s will than just doing that, so they overthink it. They often think they must do something religious to find God’s will for their lives. And, of course, there’s an endless crowd of religious organizations and cults standing by with their instructions about what you must do. But don’t go there! Simply trusting in the Lord with all your heart will get you exactly where God wants you to be—the center of His will for you! And how do you do that, you may ask? The instructions are right there in the rest of the passage: “Do not lean on your own understanding.” That will only mislead you! (Prov. 14:12). Instead, “In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight.” That’s it! Just do that and God takes care of the rest!

Therefore

Another similar verse says to “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matt. 6:33).