understanding...

Proverbs 3: 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.

I read a devotional one morning.. that states we need to stop trying to understand everything.. that while we are constanting striving to understand.. we stop trusting God... we are trying to take control of the situation... 

I would say that I have a great issue with wanting to understand and control everything... even when it is something I wouldn't have chosen.. I still want it to be done my way... although I am slowly learning to overcome this issue of always wanting my way... (I said slowly....s l o w l y...) I am learning not to manipulate every situation... to allow God to use situations to make me better...

but other parts of the bible tell us that if we are wise.. we will seek understanding...
Proverbs 3: 13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.

I wonder if that means acceptance more than our own version of understanding... I think one of the greatest lessons I have learned is to allow God to do things His way and to not always fight it... I have so much more peace when I don't fight every step of the way... when I learn to submit to the ways of God....

or maybe it is talking about learning lessons from our mistakes.. not always smacking our head off the wall.. not always going around and around and around the same mountains or issues... that is wisdom.. to learn from life's lessons and experiences...

Father give me knowledge of the way you would have me to go.. light the path you would have me to take... keep me in your will.. help me to accept your will at all times... amen.