Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight."

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6 NRSV).

Question:

I am discerning a ministry in Christ. I feel that he is calling me toward something much bigger than me but I have been getting confusing messages. Some say "Be still." Others say, "Step out of the boat." Right now I hold two jobs and both are secular jobs. I have a deep passion to serve our Lord full time. I am just not sure what He wants me to do. This verse has been coming a lot to me the past three to four days, and I am not sure what to make of it. Please help me to understand and pray for me.

Comment:

Metaphysically, we understand "the Lord" to be "the Christ"—the indwelling presence of God that is our true identity, the “Lord of our Being.” So this clear and powerful statement is reminding us that we are to make our life choices from that Christ perspective. There are always two voices available within as we stand before any new choice or challenge. One is the logical voice of the individual and collective consciousness containing a mixed bag of positive and negative ideas and emotions, assembled from past experience and sensory input from the world around us. That voice is usually louder and more strident than the other, which is the uncompromised voice of the Christ—pure love, clear guidance. The promise of this passage is that if we stay firm in our commitment to that Christ voice, our human process will be infinitely easier than if we allow the logical voice to send us wandering through dualistic confusion.   There doesn't have to be any confusion between the guidance to "Be still" and the guidance to "Step out of the boat." You can do both. It begins, I think, by realizing that you already have a ministry seeking to express through the jobs and life experience you now have. It isn't necessary to find a radical new path to follow. Simply approach each day as it unfolds with a willingness to be a minister for the Christ—to express your innate spiritual power in your jobs and relationships. When you do that, the next steps appear easily and joyfully.

Blessings!

Rev. Ed