The Elections, Life and Learning To Live Within the Third-Party Rule – Proverbs 3:5-6
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I know I got out there and voted, and I know many others who went and voted.
I mean, what is up with some people? I can’t believe people voted for those who are killing the nation. Can’t they feel the pain as well? Aren’t their grocery bills, heating bills, and high gasoline costs affecting them too?
I sat there in my chair shaking my head in disbelief.
It was at that time I felt the gentle tug of the Lord reminding me, “Remember the Third-Party Rule.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 says to ‘Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.’
This is Cynthia’s and my life verse. We often refer to it as “The Third-Party Rule.”
Why is that?
When you have done all you can reasonably do about a situation with all your knowledge, talents, and strength, the only thing left is for us to put the situation into God’s Hands and then walk away.
It is called “Trusting in the Lord.” And for many, this is hard as it gets. Please know I understand, as it is hard for me at times as well.
With the recent elections, many are feeling hopeless and helpless. Again, I am feeling it as well.
Here is a simple fact, trusting in the Lord has become a forgotten truth I believe we need to relearn.
Often we toil with daily trials when in reality, we forget we have a father in heaven who will take care of this stuff for us.
Now am I talking about some ‘Sugar Daddy’ in the sky? No, not at all.
I am one who believes in doing the best you can with what the Lord provides for you, and when you have hit the end of your limited talents, abilities, and strength, then the Lord is there to take over the steering wheel, and we should let Him do the driving.
The problem is many of us are gluttons for punishment, and we often insist we do the driving ourselves. Which always seems to get us more in the dump and, for some, in more trouble. Whereas if we simply handed the steering wheel over to Him, we would be amazed at how things just seem to work themselves out.