Duty and Assurance
Dean Lambe. Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. I. THE DUTY ENJOINED. 1. The nature of this duty. By our "ways" and "paths" we understand the designs, aims, and intentions of our minds, together with our actions consequent upon them; our whole capacity of judging, designing, resolving, and acting. To acknowledge God is to confess and own Him, according to all those several accounts and manifestations of Himself that He has given us. 2. The extent, scope, and latitude of the duty. It is not indeed capable of limitation, for unless our resignation shall be universal, it cannot be sincere. III. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OR THE MOTIVE THAT IS OFFERED TO THE PRACTICE OF IT. 1. The truth of the proposition, "He will direct thy paths." What is to be understood by this Divine direction? What confidence have we that God will make good His promise? 2. The force of the motive. Because He will vouchsafe to direct our paths, therefore in all our ways we should acknowledge Him. (Dean Lambe.) Parallel Verses KJV: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. WEB: In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.