Don't be too smart (II)

Hi reader,

My thoughts and meditations regarding the last post have given birth to a "part 2"! Hope it blesses you like it blessed me.

You know how a smartphone is literally your companion in almost everything? With the use of so many apps, it helps you tell the time, date, predicts the weather, navigates you around town, advises you on how to avoid traffic, keeps a track of your fitness journey, to mention a few. One that really baffles is the ability of a smartphone to anticipate what word you are about to type just by you typing the very first letter. Really?! That's smart, isn't it? The phone helps you by "assuming" what you want to say.

This, in a way, is how we presume things with God. We presume because we've heard the instruction, we know what He's about to say. We think because we "know" that scripture, we don't need to concentrate too much on the sermon the pastor is teaching, or that verse cannot have a deeper meaning than what God told already told you a decade ago. We think we can predict God because we've been in church for donkey years. We assume we know how he's going to move at the next revival or who He's going to use, and how He's going to use that young brother or that recently saved sister.

News flash! You can never be that smart with God! Smartness is not a fruit of the Spirit (See Gal 5:22-23). It is a by-product of the mind. You can only be led and be instructed, and your response is not to assume or presume, but to obey. When you begin to assume or presume regarding the things of God, you are puffed up (1 Cor 8:1b). This posture will keep you stagnant in your faith walk and limit you from being a part of the latter glory God has in store for those who are led by Him and yielded to Him.

Don't be smart. Be led (Romans 8:14)
Don't be smart. Be obedient (John 14:23 NIV)
Don't be smart. Be yielded (Luke 22:42)
Don't be smart. Be wise (Proverbs 4:7)

This topic seems almost inexhaustible! But let's stop right here so I can hear from you in the comment section.

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