Proverbs 3:5-7 (NKJV) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
“Trust” is batach in Hebrew. It signifies reliance, confidence, and security. This word conveys the concept of being confident or trusting, and it involves placing reliance or belief in a person or object. It expresses a sense of well-being and security derived from having something or someone in which one can place confidence.
We are to trust in the Lord and not in our understanding. Our understanding might serve us well today, but it could become irrelevant tomorrow. We need to be open to changes as we age instead of refusing to change.
We are living in unprecedented times. Many events are happening around the globe that are affecting us, yet we have no control over them. It is wise for us to put our trust in God. Therefore, if you haven’t trusted God in the past, now is the time to begin putting our trust in Him. This is the greatest struggle for many Christians because it involves having absolute trust in God, whether in good times or bad. We tend to struggle because we want to control and plan for our lives and be the masters of our destiny. We dislike being told what to do, including God’s advice and plans for our lives.
Often, success and our plans are our ways to prove our worth and seek affirmation from others, but if this is the case, we will remain constantly insecure, face rejection, and experience a sense of worthlessness. It is exhausting to be a people-pleaser, but far easier to be a God-pleaser! We struggle with consecrating our lives and submitting our plans to God and are often reluctant to pray, “Thy will be done on earth for my life as it is in heaven!”, but if we are honest, many of our plans have messed up our lives. Therefore, it is wise to heed what God says and not lean on our understanding.
God is omniscient, possessing all knowledge. He is the pinnacle of intelligence, holding all information, including knowledge of the future. We should be prudent in using current Artificial Intelligence because it can still exhibit flaws depending on what data is input into it. However, we ought to be connected to the best AI available—Almighty Intelligence (AI).
How do we have absolute trust or faith in God? Trusting is not blind faith in God. Faith is anchored in His Word after we have diligently sought His face. It is then that we begin to trust God. We are confident that God has our best interest at heart when we trust Him and He loves us immensely. We can be assured that if He did not spare His own Son but gave Him for us all, how will He not willingly give us all things? We trust in God’s love for us and that He has a good plan and purpose for our lives.
Sermon Series: Wise Saying
祂值得我们仰赖
箴言 3:5-7 你要专心仰赖耶和华，不可倚靠自己的聪明，在你一切所行的事上都要认定他，他必指引你的路。要自以为有智慧；要敬畏耶和华，远离恶事。
“仰赖”在希伯来语中是“בטח”（batach）。它表示依赖、确信和有安全感。这个词表达了确信或仰赖的概念，涉及到对某人或某物的依赖或信任。它表达了对某物或某人可以信赖的幸福感和安全感。
我们要仰赖耶和华，而不是依靠自己的聪明。我们的聪明今天可能对我们很有帮助，但明天可能就不再适用了。随着年龄的增长，我们需要对改变持开放的态度，而不是拒绝改变。
我们生活在一个前所未有的时代。全球发生的许多事件都在影响着我们，但我们却无法控制它们。有智慧的做法是仰赖神。如果我们在过去的生活中没有仰赖神，那么现在是时候把我们的信心放在神身上了。这是许多基督徒最大的挑战之一，因为它要求我们绝对仰赖神，无论在顺境还是逆境。我们往往会挣扎，因为我们想掌控自己的生命，计划自己的生命和成为自己命运的主人。我们不喜欢别人告诉我们该做什么，包括神对我们生命的建议和计划。
经常，成功和我们给自己制定的计划是为了向人证明自己的价值和得到他人的肯定。 但如果是这样，我们将总是没有安全感，被拒绝和觉得自己没有价值。做一个讨人喜欢的人是很累的。做一个讨神喜悦的人比较容易！我们很常在将自己的生命分别为圣并把自己的计划交托给神上有所挣扎！我们不想如此祷告，“愿祢的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上！” 如果坦诚面对我们自己的话，会发现我们的许多计划都把我们的生活搞砸了。因此，有智慧的做法是听从神的话而不是依靠自己的聪明。
神是无所不知的，拥有一切知识。祂是所有智能中最好的，因为祂掌握着所有的信息，包括知道未来的事。我们应该谨慎地使用当前的人工智能，因它仍然可能会根据输入的数据而出现缺陷。然而，我们应该与赐给我们的最好人工智能连接——全能智能（AI）。
我们如何可以对神有绝对的仰赖和信心？仰赖不是对神盲目的相信。信心是在我们努力寻求祂的面后，扎根在祂的话语上。那时我们才开始仰赖神。当我们仰赖神并相信祂深爱着我们时，我们可以确信祂会把我们的最大利益放在心上，。我们可以确信，祂既不爱惜自己的儿子，为我们众人舍了，岂不也把万物都赐给我们呢？我们相信神对我们的爱。祂对我们的生命有一个美好的计划和旨意。
讲道系列：智慧的言语
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