“Houston, We Have a Problem!”

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

August 28, 2025

“Houston, We Have a Problem!”

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

do not depend on your own understanding.

Seek his will in all you do,

and he will show you which path to take.

Proverbs 3:5-6 

I believe for most of my readers this is a familiar passage. As for me, I see this passage every day. It is Cheryl’s favorite Bible passage, and she includes it for the signature in her email account. Every week in our worship service, we affirm Jesus’ imperative to love (trust) God with your whole heart, soul and mind, so the essence of today’s passage is very familiar to me. Certainly, if we seek to follow this teaching, every day, we will stay in God’s grace for the day.

Today, the second line has captured my attention; “do not depend on your own understanding.” My own understanding of my life is influenced by the evening news, by social media accounts I follow, by my interactions with friends and family, and by everything that my eyes, ears, and mind takes in each day. My quick calculation revealed these cultural influences account for 94% of my awake hours each week. “Houston, we have a problem!”

On the positive side, I believe I am doing much better acknowledging God in all my ways, but I can see how my leaning on my own understanding contributes to my missing His direction for my life. Lord, have mercy upon me. Christ, have mercy upon me. Lord, have mercy upon me. Yes, and amen.

My Takeaway: “Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.” (Proverbs 9:10)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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