A quote which has impacted me immensely is this one by late preacher, Charles Spurgeon:

“Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right.”

So very often we make the mistake of interpreting rightness and wrongness solely through the lens of emotion. If something feels right than it must be good…Or if it hurts and causes hardship, it is interpreted as wrong. However, trusting God in and through every circumstance does not depend upon your feelings.

For example, we might need to confess a wrongdoing to our souse, a coworker, or a friend…and that doesn’t necessarily feel good. But does that mean we are wrong to confess? What if you were in the emergency room receiving care for a critical injury? This situation certainly doesn’t feel ideal, but we would avoid receiving the care we need, correct? We all are so prone to follow what seems right in our own eyes (Pr 14:12) that we often forget that only God is God, and that we desperately need His help…in all areas of life. That is why God encourages us to study the scriptures diligently (He 1:1-3; 2 Ti 3:16-17).

Friends, God’s plans are right and good. His right is the only right. It’s when we follow the “almost rights” that we witness, all-the-more, how much we need to depend on Jesus…not our opinions. But God’s redemptive work on the cross even covers the “almost rights” we commit (Prov 3 and 14).

Today let’s rest in the reality that God came down to both save us and reconcile us. No matter how often we fail and miss the mark, God’s finished work on the cross was final…and His leading is faithful (Philippians 1:6; Romans 8).