Better to admit where you're not and ask God's help to get you where you need to be.

Don't go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven't traveled this way before. Joshua 3:4

If we can't count on God, for crying out loud, who can we count on?

We must cease to accept the visible as if it's the only possible solution and start believing what God says over what man sees.

Unbelief. Oh, they believed in God. Their oversight was that they simply didn't believe the God they believed in.

Embrace the tension.

However high, wide, long, or deep your faith may grow through the years, always leave an ellipsis at every point of your spiritual compass. Anything attainable by human understanding is a mere shadow of the reality. Every time you grasp a new concept about God, try thinking, "He's this … and more.

Whether we like it or not, a fair amount of going is involved in following.

Who has known the Lord's mind, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16

Lord, Your Word says that he who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe (Prov. 28:26). I've come to realize that I cannot trust in myself. My safety is in learning to trust in You, Lord.

We are free when, and only when, we allow Him to be in control.

When we become psychologically dependent upon crisis, it actually becomes our life motivator, and if we don't have a present crisis, we'll learn to create one.