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PROVERBS 3:5-6

"HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATH."

So many times we desire some type of gift to peer into the future so as to
prepare for those things that are going to happen. We desire guidance to
make the right choice. Think of the promise.

I. "HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATH."
        A. The one who knows the end since the beginning.
                1. Knows every situation you are going to face.
                2. Every pitfall ahead.
        B. What confidence this inspires.
                1. I know it is the right path.
                        a. It may not be the easiest path.
                        b. It will lead to the desired goals.
        C. Our need of direction today.
                1. World situation so confusing people have lost sense of
                   direction.
                        a. Like being out on the ocean without compass on
                           cloudy night.
                        b. We see people make many starts.
                                1. Get involved in different goals.
                                2. Go hard in that direction for awhile then
                                   ultimate awakes to fact it has lead to no
                                   where. Still lost.
                        c. Looking down upon all this frantic confusion we
                           see one who sails along on direct course, happy
                           and confident.
                                1. The amazing thing is, his hand isn't even
                                   on the rudder. "He shall direct."

II. THIS IS A CONDITIONAL PROMISE.
        A. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart."
                1. The desire to take things into our own hands becomes
                   strong at times.
                        a. I see Him steering into a storm and I desire to
                           grab the rudder to steer around.
                        b. So often when we then arrive at the storm, I
                           discover it is calm; the storm has moved on right
                           where I wanted to steer.
                2. I must conclude from the study of the scripture that to
                   trust and believe with your heart is greater than to
                   trust or believe with your head.
                        a. "My Son give me thine heart, for out of it are
                           the issues of life."
                        b. We need more than to just change our minds that
                           can be done over and over too easily.
        B. "Lean not to thy own understanding."
                1. "I can't understand why God allowed this to happen to
                   me."
                2. People trying to understand God's ways.
                3. I'm glad God only called me to believe if He called me
                   to understand I would have been lost long ago.
                4. Our understanding so limited... based on limited
                   knowledge which is sometimes faulty.
        C. "In all thy ways acknowledge Him."
                1. Notice..."All."
                        a. I want to turn some areas over to His control.
                        b. I want Him to guide in some things.
                2. Acknowledge Him.
                        a. Ok, Lord what shall I do now?
                        b. I acknowledge Jesus Christ as my Lord.
                                1. I am His servant, guide me, keep me.
                        c. Turn everything over to Him during the day as
                           situations arise.
                                1. Learn to look to Him for guidance.
                                   "He shall direct thy path."