Stop Relying on Your Own Intelligence, Trust the LORD God With Your Heart Instead!
John Calvin's quote as displayed in this entry is really right about how Christians can lose guidance of the Holy Spirit if they rely on their own intelligence. How does a Christian go wrong with his or her spiritual life but to rely confidence in their own intelligence rather than the Spirit. Proverbs 3:5-6 gives this instruction saying, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." The King James Study Bible says this wonderful quote on Proverbs 3:5-6, "Three commands are given: trust meaning "rely on, depend on"; lean not , meaning do not depend on your own native instincts; and acknowledge Him meaning have fellowship and intimacy with God in all of life. The result of such devotion is that God will make the paths straight before you." Depending on one's own knowledge and intelligence is a real pitfall because all people are sinners. Eve