Depend on Your Father
Rasol Manouchehri Ardakani - 03 October 2025
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
One of the first things children learn is that they can turn to their parents when they need help. They do not worry about how the bills will be paid or whether there will be food on the table. They simply trust that their parents will take care of it. That is the kind of trust God wants us to have in Him.
Proverbs 3:5–6 tells us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and to avoid leaning on our own understanding. This is an invitation to live without the constant pressure of figuring everything out on our own. Instead, we are called to depend on the wisdom and strength of our heavenly Father.
When we rely on ourselves, we carry burdens we were never meant to carry. We try to plan every detail, solve every problem, and make everything work in our timing. It is exhausting. But when we turn to God first, acknowledging Him in all our ways, we open the door for Him to guide and provide in ways we could never imagine.
Depending on God does not mean we do nothing. It means we walk in obedience, doing what He asks while trusting Him with the outcome. It means we pray before we plan. We wait for His direction before we rush into decisions. And when we face challenges, we choose faith over fear.
I have learned that dependence on God grows in the everyday moments. It is developed when we trust Him with small decisions as well as big ones, when we thank Him for provision before it comes, and when we lean into His peace instead of our own understanding.
Today, take a moment to release your worries into God’s hands. Trust that your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. He is faithful, and His ways are higher than ours.
Prayer of the Day:
Lord, teach me to depend on You completely. Help me to trust Your wisdom more than my own understanding, and to submit every part of my life into Your hands. Amen.