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"For my thoughts are
not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 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
Presumption is a nasty sin. You presume you know when you don't. You live in
arrogant ignorance. You think GOD is on your side when HE is not. You presume
on the LORD's promises without realizing they are contingent on your
obedience to HIS Word.
Presuming is sincere, bold, and confident blindness. It stands right
next to hypocrisy in claiming it knows, when it doesn't live the reality of
an obedient son or daughter.
"The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; whoever guards his
way preserves his life. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to
divide the spoil with the proud." - Proverbs 16:17-19
The only way to defeat presumption is humility; recognizing you can't see
everything and need to trust in ANOTHER who can. Walking in humility,
listening to others, and most of all, reading and obeying the Word of GOD is
our only hope of overcoming presumption.
The entirety of the Christian life is intended to be lived solely clinging to
the LORD.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in
him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do
nothing." John 15:5
We are not built to face this world alone. We were designed by our MAKER to
be filled with HIM who then makes us more than conquers. We must forsake our
ways, our presumptions, and yield our entire lives to the grace, love, Word,
and ways of the LORD.
It's time! Let's do it together.
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