Sunday Companion Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. Two men had been friends since their early boyhood. One is now a successful merchant, who is known for his honour, probity, and high Christian character. The other is a lawyer, a man of integrity and good standing in the community also, but a disbeliever in God and His providence. The two men had been talking about the efficacy of prayer; and the merchant, urged to speak from his own experience, had confessed that he took this text literally: "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." "I never make a large purchase of goods, or plan any important change in my business," he proceeded to explain, "without first asking special Divine guidance." The lawyer smiled. "Oh, yes, I understand," he replied. "But your phenomenal success can all be explained in a natural way. For instance, most men act impulsively sometimes — yield to their whims, or to ideas suddenly conceived. You escape this danger through your system of praying before you act. The prayer gains you a little time. Besides, your feeling of reverence for the Being you worship has in itself a tendency to clear your mind of prejudices, to restore your balance, and to make you a reasonable, logical person — otherwise, a good business man." A light broke over the merchant's face, and he was glad to have his friend's testimony to the value of prayer, notwithstanding his unspiritual and inadequate way of seeking to explain it. (Sunday Companion.) Parallel Verses KJV: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.WEB: In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. |
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