Chiropractors Think I'm Crazy

It has probably occurred to one or two chiropractors that they should write a chapter in a book about me. I can just hear them talking: “She makes the appointment, she pays the fee, she comes to the exam room, but then she won’t completely trust me. What a whack-o.”

It’s true. I’ve done it over and over. I know they are super smart and really interesting people. They know so many things that I don’t understand. Yet I can’t completely yield…after all, it’s the only neck I have, and I’m scared.

Lately, God has brought this analogy to mind as he is calling me out that I sometimes treat him the same way.

God is pointing out that I do trust him, just not always completely and in every category. The irony is that this is my favorite verse of all time:

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. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Whenever I am stuck, disoriented, confused, or fearful, I call up this verse and it always helps me. It is a promise, but it is conditional.

We all want God to direct our paths, but are we ready to trust him with all our hearts?

God, through this verse, asks me not to lean on my own understanding. He’s asking me to put my understanding aside because it could be wrong or at last only partial. I have to admit that God says this:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9)

I have to admit that God is God and I am not.

I am a Christ-follower. He is calling me to be all-in, trusting completely even when I think my understanding is better than his. I have to decide to trust because he really is God and he knows more than I do…more about the future, more about what I need and what my loved ones need.

For the record, I don’t do trust falls well either. And at seminars where new ideas are presented, I can usually be found at the back of the room with my arms folded.

I know I will remain skeptical about many things, but may I grow day by day in trusting the God who made the universe.

Lord, help me to put aside my own understanding and trade it for trusting you with all my heart.

Resting in him,

Ellen