Do Not Lean On Your Own Understanding

Following God requires more than trusting our own thoughts and feelings; we are called to acknowledge Him and allow His Word to direct our way.

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Believers should trust God rather than make their own understanding the final authority for the direction of their lives.

• Our own thoughts and feelings are not an infallible guide.
• Loving God does not mean that every decision we make will automatically be right.
• Spiritual maturity includes learning God's ways rather than simply following whatever feels right.
• God's direction should be sought with humility rather than assumed from our own desires.
• Dependence upon God requires us to acknowledge Him in the decisions we make.

• Bring important decisions before God instead of relying only on your own reasoning.
• Compare your desires and conclusions with Scripture.
• Ask God for wisdom when you do not know what to do.
• Be willing to change direction when God's Word exposes that your thinking is wrong.
• Let trust in God become greater than confidence in your own understanding.