We think we have it figured out! We think we pretty much know all there is to know and think we are in control. Well, at least that is what we would like to believe.
We even like to tell God what to do - what he can or cannot do. What he is allowed to do. What he would do IF he is a good God at all.
Somehow we have this all backwards. Jeremiah had it right...
We are the ones who need to pay attention to God and follow HIS purpose, teaching and influence. God is the creator, we are the created. God is the one who is trustworthy. We are the ones who cannot be trusted.
In keeping with this Romans 12:2 gives great advice.
We even like to tell God what to do - what he can or cannot do. What he is allowed to do. What he would do IF he is a good God at all.
Somehow we have this all backwards. Jeremiah had it right...
5 This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.
whose confidence is in him.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 “I the LORD search the heart
and examine the mind,...”
and examine the mind,...”
- Jeremiah 17
We are the ones who need to pay attention to God and follow HIS purpose, teaching and influence. God is the creator, we are the created. God is the one who is trustworthy. We are the ones who cannot be trusted.
In keeping with this Romans 12:2 gives great advice.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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