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In so many ways, life can feel like purchasing a product from an infomercial.
2. You take the plunge thinking it will be different this time because this time it’s going to work! It’s worth the money… only to get burned.
3. You feel played. You vow to never fall for that again until you see the next infomercial!
4. It’s easy to feel jaded by life.
5. Who should we trust? What does real trust look like?
6. Today, we are going to look at two verses from Proverbs 3 which will answer these fundamental questions.

Context
1. Proverbs 3:1-12 is a wonderful passage filled with wisdom, principles, and promises for living a godly life.
2. Proverbs 3:5-6 are the foundation for the entire passage. Everything hinges upon the nuggets of wisdom found here.

Transition – In these two verses, we discover “Who” to trust, “How” to trust, and the “Promise” given to those who apply these words of wisdom. First question, “Who to trust?”

I. Trust the Lord

A. With all of your heart
1. There are different levels of trust.
a. Level 1 - “I trust you as far as I can throw you!”
b. Level 2 - “Flipping the Switch”
c. Level 3 - “The Stretch”
d. Level 4 – “At Rest”
2. The word for trust means “to lay helpless, facedown, at the mercy of another”.
a. It’s like a soldier before a victorious general
b. Or a servant waiting for a master’s command
3. In Proverbs 3:5, trust is a picture of…
a. Allegiance and Submission
b. Confidence and Conviction
c. Expectation and Hope
d. Faith and Reliance
4. In Proverbs 3:5, trust is a wholehearted commitment.
a. Trust is a choice.
b. “All your heart” means with “one’s mind, emotions, and will”.

APPL – This level of trust declares, “I will trust the Lord…”
•To meet all of my needs

Philippians 4:19, And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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When I’m afraid of life’s battles
Psalm 56:3-4, When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?

•When I’m afflicted, overwhelmed, or persecuted

2 Corinthians 4:7-9, But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

• When my health is failing

Psalms 73:25-26, Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

ILLUS – My grandma’s example before she passed away

c. God wants our whole heart because anything less is half-hearted. Half-hearted devotion leaves the door opens for folly.

B. Don’t lean on unreliable substitutes

1. This includes “leaning” on your own “understanding”.
a. The word for lean is like the word trust.
b. Lean means to “rely on someone or something for help or protection.”
c. Understanding refers to human understanding which operates in ignorance because it lacks God’s counsel.
d. Therefore, “to lean on your own understanding” is to be “wise in your own eyes”.
e. Scripture clearly warns against being a “wise guy”.

Proverbs 3:7, Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 14:12, There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

2. What are the signs of being a “wise guy”?
a. Pride and haughtiness
b. Unteachable heart

Proverbs 16:18, Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling.

3. Why is humility so important?
a. Because we have no reason to boast.

1 Corinthians 4:7, For who regards you as superior? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
ILLUS - Alex Haley, the author of Roots, has a picture in his office, showing a turtle sitting atop a fence.

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