Shine His Light through your Life

Prov 3:5-6  Trust in YHVH with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.  (6)  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Trust is the word "batach" that means; trust, to be confident in, careless, hope. It is related to the word "chasah" that means; to flee, protection, to find refuge in, to hide.

This trust is associated with looming terror as we see in Deut 28:52 where it is first used. We read here about high and fortified walls that will come down, walls that have protected you. These walls represent the things we "build" around us that we trust in, rather than trusting in YHVH. They are the walls of our own understanding that we normally trust in stead of YHVH. We trust in our own abilities, our intellect, our reason and knowledge. Is it wrong to trust in your God-given "gifts" so to speak?  We tend to think so but YHVH sees things a bit different than us. Yes, He gave us gifts and abilities you use in your normal life situations but when it comes to more serious issues, then we should rater trust in Him. Situations like choosing a career, finding a life mate, conflicts and issues with people, dangerous situations, etc. We need to learn to trust Him with the things that will influence your life severely but you can rely on your own abilities when it comes to finding a parking spot, choosing clothes to wear etc. "Batach" means to know and understand that YHVH is powerful, capable and willing to rescue you or direct you in a serious situation or crossroad decision you have to make in your life. This will influence your actions so that you will be in line with YHVH's Will and His Word.

If you constantly trust and rely on your own fortified walls than YHVH will sent the enemy to come against you so that you will be humbled and those walls can be broken down so that you will only have YHVH to trust in. YHVH do not allow this because He is mean, He does this because He wants you to make Him your number one option every time. 

Understanding is the word "biynah" hnyb that means; knowledge, understanding and wisdom.   

This word is first used in Scripture in Deut 4:6 where YHVH gave His Commandments which are their wisdom and their understanding that will make them different to any other nation. The nations will look upon Israel and note how great a Nation they are because of their wisdom and understanding. Do people today see us as being different, as being wise? Are we as believers people of great understanding and do we stand out because of our wisdom? I think not, we are not the envy of the nations and we do not stand out because we want to look like the world and blend in rather than stand out.

Why is this? It is because of the fear of man and the lack of knowledge of the Word of YHVH. We do not take His Word as serious as we should and think we are ok because we measure ourselves with worldly standards. You should always measure yourself against the Word of YHVH and not against your pagan neighbor and thinking you are godly and holy.

Lean on our own understanding of regarding holiness, but gain understanding and wisdom from YHVH's Word so that you will stand out in the nations and shine the light in this dark world. If you really follow YHVH's Commandments and apply His wisdom on a daily basis, then people will notice it in your life and wonder where you get the wisdom from. YHVH's Commandments are gifts to serve His people, to make them superior to the rest of the world, to make us leaders and not followers.

Deut 28:13  And YHVH shall make you the head, and not the tail. And you shall be always above, and you shall not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of YHVH your Elohim, which I command you today, to observe and to do them.

1Pet 2:9-12  But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;  (10)  you who then were not a people, but now the people of God, those not pitied then, but now pitied.  (11)  Dearly beloved, I exhort you as temporary residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,  (12)  having your conduct honest among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify YHVH in a day of His visitation, seeing your good works.

Live right, seek holiness and do good works, not for you salvation, but that others may be saved when they see the light you carry and become attracted to it. We are YHVH's priesthood in the nations that exist to serve the people, to bring them into the Kingdom through our service unto YHVH. You have to look different in order to shine and stand out in this world and that will happen when you gain understanding and wisdom from applying YHVH's Commandments.