We are all familiar with Proverbs 3:5-6,
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;  Vs.5
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your path.”
 
These verses tell us what to do, what not to do and what the result will be!  How very clear.  But does clear mean simple to do?  Would that it be so.  No, it takes coming to know God and His ways.  
 
Trust is the basic activity of these verses.  If we trust in the Lord with all our hearts, then the rest will fall into place.
 
The Amplified Bible says,
“Lean on, trust in and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind…”   (Read both verses in the Amplified Bible)
 
Our trust is not to be placed in man:
“Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in a son of man, (a human being) in whom there is no help.”  
Psalm 146:3  (Margin note)
And Jeremiah 17:5,
“Thus says the LORD:
‘Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the LORD.’”
 
Our trust is not in our own righteousness:
“When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works will be remembered; but because of the iniquity he has committed, he shall die.”  
Ezekiel 33:13
 
The Psalms speaks of trusting the Lord--
“Trust in the LORD and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.”  Psalm 37:3
And verse 5,
“Commit your way (roll off onto) to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.”   (Margin note)
 
Psalm 118:89 states in the positive  Psalm 146:3 and Jeremiah 17:5 above.
“It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in princes.”
 
We are to trust God with our whole heart!
In love:
“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.”  Deuteronomy 6:5
 
In obedience:
“Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!”  Psalm 119:2
 
In prayer:
“And you will seek Me and find Me,
When  you search for Me with all your heart.”  Jeremiah 29:13
 
In repentance:
“‘Now, therefore’, says the LORD,
‘Turn to Me with all  your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’”  Joel 2:12
 
Let us do as the Apostle Paul exhorts in Romans 12:1-2,
“I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
 
Thank you Lord God that we can rest in You, being anxious for nothing, but rejoicing in Your goodness because of the trust that You have been and are working in our hearts through Your Word, prayer and trials.  You dear Lord are our peace, our rest and our joy as we trust in You!  Amen