Sunday, March 3 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not lean upon your own understanding.—Prov. 3:5. Trusting in Jehovah with a complete heart involves doing things his way, according to hiswill. Central to doing so is our continually approaching him in prayer and making heartfelt requests for his guidance. However,leaning completely upon Jehovah presents a challenge for many. For example, a Christian sister named Lynn admits, “Learning to put my complete confidence in Jehovah has been an ongoing struggle for me.†Why? “I have no relationship with my father,†she says, “and I have a mother who did not care for me emotionally or physically. So I very quickly learned to look after myself.†Lynn’s background made it difficult for her to trust anyone fully. Personal ability and success can also cause a person to be self reliant. Relying on his experience,an elder may begin to care for matters involving the congregation without first approaching God in prayer. w11 11/15 1:3
If it is not wise for us to lean upon our OWN understanding, how much more futile and outright dangerous would it be to lean upon the understanding of OTHERS, especially those who claim to have been appointed over all Christ’s belongings even before His return to judge His slaves? Hence, our understanding needs to be enlightened by the Word of God through His Holy Spirit, and if that also happens to coincide with the understanding given to others, then we may consider them to be our brothers in the faith. So God wants us to worship Him with OUR own power of reason, since He has given us intellectual capacity to know the True One by means of His Son Jesus Christ.