In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:6 (NASB95).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

One of Satan’s oft-repeated strategies is to dislodge God’s people from His promises. The way that strategy is executed is to get us to focus on the current trial or problem to the exclusion of God’s character, nature, and historical record.

The key to overcoming that scheme is to acknowledge God in every circumstance. “Acknowledge Him” in Scripture comes from the Hebrew word yāḏa, which means to carry forward into every circumstance the full scope and weight of God’s character and nature. The same God who has delivered us from the clutches of eternal darkness leads and guides us now by His Spirit.