Do Not Lean on Understanding
A prayer for fear & anxiety, from Proverbs 3:1-6
An anxious mind believes it can think its way to safety if it just runs the scenarios one more time. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding retires that strategy. A prayer for trusting past where your figuring runs out.
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. Proverbs 3:1-6 (NIV)
The prayer
Father, my anxious mind tries to figure everything out, but You call me to trust, not to lean on my own understanding. In all my ways I submit to You. Make my paths straight.
Make it yours: change any words that don’t fit, or stop at the one line that’s true today. Amen can wait until you mean it.