Trusting in the Lord completely sounds like a fairly easy thing to do. We sing about trusting the Lord. We pray about trusting the Lord.

This scripture defines what might be included in trusting the Lord completely. “Don’t depend on your own knowledge.” Well, yeah, but why do I have knowledge if I’m not supposed to use it? I hear the word, but I have trouble obeying.

One reason I fail to trust the Lord completely in my decision-making is that I arbitrarily decide that many decisions are too small, certainly not important enough to concern Him.

That is a ridiculous assumption, isn’t it? God reminds us that He knows the number of the grains of sand on the beaches and the hairs on our head. I am the one putting parameters on what God will consider worth His time.

As adults we commiserate with each other that children must learn from their own mistakes. They just won’t listen to our experiences. I’m sure God and His angels wonder the same things about us.

Will I ever learn to trust in the Lord completely? To trust Him in all things I do? If I can, if I ever do, He promises to help me.