A few years back, we locked John Piper in a recording studio and told him he could not

come out until he finished recording a series of video devotionals for the U-version

Bible app.

And one of those devotions that came out of the recording was on Proverbs 3 verses 5

and 6.

What Pastor John delivered was what we're calling three steps to stop wasting your life.

Here's what he said.

Proverbs 3 verses 5 and 6, trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your

own understanding in all your ways, acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.

That verse probably is the one that my mother quoted most often in writing me when I was

in college and graduate school.

She was just without even writing out, she'd put Proverbs 3, 5 and 6.

And I think it's because the main aim of the verse is to walk in a straight path.

That means she didn't want me and I don't want you and God doesn't want us to veer off

the path into disobedience or into a wasted life or into anything that would dishonor

him.

That's the goal.

Make your paths straight, straight to obedience, straight to everlasting joy, straight to a

God honoring life.

And he says there are three steps to get there, right?

First, trust in the Lord with all your heart.

So bank on the promises of God, step by step in your life.

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