The Daily Guide
Acknowledge God
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 - NKJV
Your old habit is acknowledging yourself and doing what "naturally" seems right. Now you're called to a new habit of acknowledging God and getting your direction from Him. Prayer time is when this will mostly happen. You commune heart to heart with God and acknowledge you need His guidance. It means acknowledging God's Word too. You have to acknowledge that God's word has the life counsel you need.
Are you hearing correctly the life counsel you need? For example, did Jesus say, "I will give you the keys to the kingdom" or "of the kingdom"? Your memory might tell you He said "to". In fact, He said "of". What's the significance of this? Keys to a place just get you in, whereas keys of a place give you access to every room. It's amazing how short people can come on grasping God's life counsel through relying on their memories. I avoid letting my memory tell me what God's word says. Instead I look up scriptures so I can check their wording. Mat.16:19.
Your ears struggle to receive just how amazing God's goodness is towards you. Your ears have a problem hearing it without taking something away from it or adding something into it. By opening your Bible and turning to the scripture, give your eyes chance to show your ears what God's word actually says! Go to scripture and say, "Look ears, what God actually says!" or "Look ears. God is better to you than you can hear!" Prov.4:20-22.
God's Word: let your eyes show your ears!
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