Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight".

Can you count the number of times you have made a bad choice because you didn't go to God or seek counsel?  Can you count the number of times you went to God, and the situation turned out miraculously better than you could have imagined?

There probably are millions of examples in each of our lives.  There is one in particular that stands out in my mind.  Years ago, there was a time when we could have lost our house.  In fact, we should have lost our house.  Every time we prayed, we heard God say, "I put you here".   Well, He surely did.  To make a long story short, the bank not only decided to do a modification for us (making our payment cheaper than any house we could rent anywhere nearby), but because of details in the situation, we were also given back seven months worth of mortgage which we had previously paid.  So, not only did God provide for us to stay in our home, He also gave us a huge savings buffer!

Does God always fix our problems?  No, but how many of our problems may have been circumvented or ameliorated if we had just gone to Him in the first place?

I do not know if I can say that I had even shoestring faith over our housing issue, but I can say this, "God supplies, and He makes our paths straight".

What is it today that you are trying to solve?  Are you relying on your own understanding first, or are you going to God first?  Sometimes it is easier for us to go to Him with big things like a house.  It can be a lot harder to hand over the little things of the day.  We so often forget that we have a loving, impeccable genius just waiting to make our paths straight.