"8. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the Lord.
9. For as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9
Sometimes we confuse our own thoughts and feelings with the promptings of the Spirit. Ultimately, any good thought or intention or action that we have or take comes from God, but that does not make His thoughts our thoughts. When struggling with deciding which road to take, the answer is simple: God knows what is best for us, and if we are listening, He will guide us to the right path. We may sometimes feel that we have found an answer to our prayer, but we find after acting on that answer, that we are in a deeper hole than before! Often times that is because we followed the answer that WE wanted. God knows better than we do, and following His plan will benefit and bless us greatly.
There is a wonderful song about this performed by my former voice teacher, Jessie Clark Funk, called "Better than I." Take a listen, and ponder the feelings you have as you seek an answer to your prayers. Are you following the answer that YOU want? Or are you following what God is trying to tell you? I love my Father in Heaven, and I am trying every day to do His will instead of mine. He is there. He is listening. And I know that He will direct me and answer my prayers. All I have to do is listen.
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