Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

What is leaning? Is it dependency? Is it trust? Is it indecision? Is it being unbalanced? If you look at the act of leaning on a table, against a wall, a crutch, or a person, isn’t the act itself intentional imbalance?

We lean for various reasons. We might be tired. We might be giving relief to an ache or pain. We might even do it to look cool. For whatever reason, it is a designed imbalance. There is a reason associated with those leans.

What about the leaning of the mind? Understanding comes from a process of the mind. A leaning of the mind implies an imbalance of reasoning, that one has not given opposing thoughts reasonable consideration. We dismiss ideas quickly if those thoughts do not align with our personal leanings. It causes us to dismiss and cut off others who think another way.

We need not fear error. We have the Spirit of truth to lead us. Consider this; how can we lead others out of darkness if we do not show light upon the error upon which they stand? When we dismiss error without cause, those who believe error will remain where they are, ignorant of the truth.

1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (NASB)

Faith isn’t meant for leaning.

Isaiah 6:10a Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;

We, the disciples of Christ, have the Holy Spirit to show us the mysteries, to enlighten us, to show us the truth. It is not part of our experience to be dull eared nor blind. The Holy Spirit shows us so much, keeps us busy, deflecting evil and lighting our path.

When I am driving our car my wife will often comment on things she can see which escape me. I am intent on safety, I take my responsibility as driver very seriously. Does it mean that whatever she saw did not exist? No, nor are they important enough for me to take my eyes off the road.

This past week I have stopped and gazed upon something that has been pointed out to me. It was framed more of a question than an observation. I have searched the scriptures, I have prayed over the issue and I cannot see what has been posed. That does not mean that it doesn’t exist. It only means it have been held from my sight.

If I did see it, could explain it, could confirm its form and examine its reasoning for existence, what would I do with that knowledge? Would it change my course? Would it become more important than my calling? Would it become a source of pride? Would I join a cause which makes demands on men, governments and religions?

I have to choose ignorance and that God has blinded me on the issue. I have spent too long by the roadside gawking at something I will never see. It is time for me to return to my calling and let the issue go.

If you still think God will not blind His disciples, then why did not the eleven grab Judas and stop him when Jesus identified him as the traitor?

John 13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

Because it did not serve God’s will that they should stop him. Nor does it serves God’s will for me to keep looking for things hidden from me.