Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” The word Lord is the most frequently used word in all of the Bible. It appears between 7,000 and 8,000 times in the scriptures. One word. What if one word can shift our entire lives and outcome in everything we do?
The Lord’s personal name was revealed to Moses in the burning bush as “I am.” God is the beginning and the end. God made it clear that his name would be known throughout the Earth for all eternity. The Lord told Moses to speak to Aaron and his sons and bless the people of Israel this way: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift his countenance upon you and give you peace.” And “so shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them” (Numbers 6:24-27).
The Lord is saying that he will make his face shine upon them and that he will lift up his countenance (the same word for face) upon them. The Lord’s blessing means that he will look at them with his face with pleasure as one gazes into someone with whom they are well pleased. When we trust in the Lord in all that we do, his face shines upon us and he will make our paths straight!