Trusting God When Nothing Makes Sense

 "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

If I am being honest, this verse has tested me more than it has comforted me. Because trusting God is easy when life is going well. When prayers are answered quickly, when plans fall neatly into place, when the future looks clear and promising, so it feels natural to say "Yes, Lord, I trust You." But this verse doesn't exist for those moments. It exists for the seasons when nothing makes sense at all.

There have been times in my life when I thought I had everything figured out. I made plans carefully, thought things through logically, and convinced myself that I knew what was best. And yet, those were often the moments when everything unraveled. Doors closed. Opportunities disappeared. People I thought would stay walked away. And I was left staring at the mess, asking God "Why would You let this happen?"

That is where Proverbs 3:5-6 becomes uncomfortable, because it asks me to stop leaning on my own understanding a lot. I want explanations. I want timelines. I want guarantees. I want God to bless my plan instead of asking me to surrender it. 

But this verse reminds me that trust is not about clarity. Trust is about surrender. 

Trusting God with all my heart means choosing to believe that He sees what I cannot. It means accepting that His silence does not mean His absence, and that delays are not denials. It means admitting that my perspective is limited, shaped by fear, pain, and impatience, while His perspective is ETERNAL.

"Submit to Him in all your ways" sound simple, but it is one of the hardest things to do. It means letting God lead not just in the big decisions, but in the daily ones. It means bringing Him into my doubts, my confusion, my exhaustion, and even my disappointment. It means saying, "I don't understand this, but I will still follow You."

And then there is the promise: He will make your paths straight.

Not easy. Not perfect. Not free from pain. But straight.

Looking back, I can see how God redirected me when I was headed toward things that would have broken me. I can see how unanswered prayers protected me. I can see how detours shaped me into someone stronger, more patient, and more dependent on Him. At the time, it felt like I was lost. In reality, I was being led.

This verse does not tell us that life will make sense. It tells us that God is trustworthy even when it doesn't. 

So today, I am learning, slowly and imperfectly, to loosen my grip on control. To stop demanding explanations. To trust that the God who holds my future also understands my present. And to believe that even when the road feels uncertain, He is still guiding every step.

Because sometimes, faith is simply choosing to walk forward even when you cannot see when the path leads, believing that God already does.