Luther's "Let God Be God" - Lutheran (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Luther often said, "Let God be God." It was his shorthand for Proverbs 3:5-6. Stop trying to figure everything out; stop making yourself the center; stop leaning on your own understanding. Human reason is valuable but limited—it cannot comprehend God's ways. Luther faced moments when nothing made sense: persecution, sickness, the deaths of children. In those valleys, reason offered no comfort. Only trust: God is God, and I am not. "Trust in the LORD"—precisely when you cannot understand.