"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight"- Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV).
We need to hang on to worldly things loosely. When we cling to anything tightly it becomes an object that fosters pride. Then, when the item is taken from us we form a committee of self-pity and we become its president. Loosely held things slip from our fingers easier and we can say along with Job: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised" (Job 1:21). Job trusted in the Lord, not on his own understanding. When we consider that all things belong to the Lord, only temporarily in our hands, we can let go of them when He takes them away without feeling He took away something that belonged to us. God will never leave us, nor forsake us. He does not loosely hold us. We belong to Him. He asks only that we trust in Him...even if we don't understand. Hold loosely to the things of this world and may the name of the Lord be praised.
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