I was walking along a street, thinking to myself, yeah. I know where I'm going. But as I came to a crossroads, I had a flicker of doubt. All three roads were alike, with nothing to distinguish them from one another. The road names looked vaguely unfamiliar. I had a decision to make. Do I go with my 'instinct', and take a road that has some kind of right feeling about it, or do I follow the sign post which is clearly labelled 'Grand Place'- my destination of choice?
Fortunately, I decided to follow the sign posts.
If only we did the same thing when it comes to making decisions in our spiritual life.
I felt that this incident highlighted how important it is for us to follow 'sign posts' and not our imigination when it comes to following God and His voice. We can 'feel' right about something, perhaps even believe that it is a spiritual inner-knowledge that God has put there, and yet be completely up a gum tree!
We're only human, and have fallen minds and emotions (although these are constantly 'being renewed' by His Spirit within us), and therefore it can be very easy to get confused between our own desires, God's desires, our own voices and sometimes, the voice of the enemy. That's why it's so important to pay heed to God's sign posts. And what better signs has He given us than the ones which are written in His Holy Word?
Surely if we follow these, we can't go wrong.
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