Don't allow yourself to be a pawn in the hands of satan, be rather a tool in the Hands of the Father. Surrender to His will and let Him use you. "Lean not on your own understanding", this means setting aside our ego, and saying I know nothing Lord, teach me. Pray for HIS understanding, for it is far greater than ours. It can illuminate the world in a much clearer way. When we see through His eyes and not with our own. Most of our wrong actions as human beings stem from the inability to admit that we can even be wrong. Our unwillingness to accept our faults then manifests into arrogance, and from arrogance, pride.... and from pride stems so many negative things.

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye." - Jesus (Matthew 7:3)

Let go of what you think you know and seek His wisdom over earthly knowledge. Ask Him to examine you within and reveal that which is not of God and not of His word and then ask Him to remove all of it. Allow Him to peel back those layers of pride and restore you to His glory. This is what it means "to be made new". It's not another slogan or a catch phrase, it's a divine spiritual process that takes place deep within your soul and it's something that happens over the course of a lifetime of getting to know Jesus intimately. Don't deny yourself all that God has to offer and all that He can do through you by clinging to pride.

God bless you and goodnight.

- Brianna Carey ©