Would you say that the verse of scripture in Daniel 11:32b (but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits) and our theme Bible passage in Proverbs 3:5 (trust in the Lord with all your heart) have anything in common?
For me, they both affirm each other. When you know your God, it definitely comes with trust and when you trust Him, He shows Himself to you, thereby making you know Him. I’m sorry if I am not able to shed sufficient light with my explanation.
I saw a fine example of this paradox in 1 Samuel 14 when Jonathan decided to go against the Philistines with his armour bearer alone. Jonathan didn’t tell his father that he wanted to embark on such an adventure. There were more than enough soldiers (about six hundred men). I don’t think the issue was that of lack of those to go to the battle.
Jonathan had simply gotten to know God so much that he could trust Him with and in any situation. In fact, he created this particular situation just to demonstrate how powerful his God is.
Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. 1 Samuel 14:1 NKJV
Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few.”
1 Samuel 14:6
God can do anything! Jonathan knew that God could deliver the Philistines to them through one man as He did with David, so why go with a troop this time. Trust and knowledge in action.
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