Quick Take - I hear people share their opinions of God and what He is trying to do all the time.  I find it amazing that mere men can know what God is really like in contradiction of His Word.  Many people who are not Christians, and some people who are, would rather have their own opinion than believe that the Word of God is true.  We need to start taking God’s Word to heart and listening to ourselves less.
 
A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind.  Prov 18:2 (NASB)

     Digging Deeper – Without realizing it, we do a lot of thinking for God either by commission or omission.  In other words, we decide for ourselves what we think God would want us to do or we just ignore thinking about what God would want so we do not feel accountable.  Either way, we are thinking for God and it is not what He wants.
     If we really delight in understanding, we will seek God’s way first.  I see believers all the time that put God in the back seat of their lives because they are afraid He will cramp their style if they listen to Him.  They desire to have their own way and do what they want.  They basically want to live out and reveal their own mind and not the mind of God.  It is just another form of narcissism and idolatry.
     Don’t you really want to have understanding in your life?  You cannot play games with the will of God if you want to really understand it.  It takes a mind and heart that is willing to place God first in all things.  It is the life that is built around God’s desires and not their own.  It rests safely in the knowledge that God can and will bring about the best in their life.
     Oh how the church and our nation would heal and rise up if we had men and women who really desired understanding instead of pursuing their own curiosities of pleasure.  How God would reveal Himself in a fresh and new way if we would just be quiet in our mind and listen to Him.  If we would just turn off all the noise of our own voice and what we want to do and start listening to His holy voice and what He wants done.  What sound do you hear today?  Are you listening to yourself more than to God?  Stop what you are doing for a moment and listen to Him.
Blessings, and have a God honoring day!
Tim