Intuition.
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Thank you first of all for asking this important question. Yes, I do follow my heart and intuition most all times.
Why? Because God gave us the great gift of intuition. It is there for a purpose to protect us and guide us as His gift to us. My intuition, always guided by God (in prayer), has never failed me and has helped prevent me from serious error and consternation. Many have also heard of the Mother who suddenly gets the "feeling" that her child is in danger and rushes out into the yard just in time to see her young boy going into the street and grabs him just before he gets in harm's way. That was her heart and her intuition at work. And thank God that she followed it or her little boy may have had a tragic accident. There are many other fine examples as well.
God gives us special gifts for us to behold and to help us.
Why? Because God gave us the great gift of intuition. It is there for a purpose to protect us and guide us as His gift to us. My intuition, always guided by God (in prayer), has never failed me and has helped prevent me from serious error and consternation. Many have also heard of the Mother who suddenly gets the "feeling" that her child is in danger and rushes out into the yard just in time to see her young boy going into the street and grabs him just before he gets in harm's way. That was her heart and her intuition at work. And thank God that she followed it or her little boy may have had a tragic accident. There are many other fine examples as well.
God gives us special gifts for us to behold and to help us.
"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:" -- I CORINTHIANS 12:7-10 (KJV)
I try to be careful because the Bible says that "the heart is deceitful above all things." In some cases, yes, I believe God puts something in us that helps guide and protect us. But many times we want what we want... and it's not what God wants. This seems to be particularly true in terms of "love" and relationships--we often want something, or push something, that is truly and honestly not from God, and it gets us into trouble. I'm guilty of this several times over.
The advice is to always "listen to your heart", but it's been well-said that the heart wants what it wants. Your heart is going to want that cute celebrity lookalike who flirts with seemingly just you and most people will throw all sensibility out the window while entertaining such an idea.
Rather, the Bible tells us there is safety in many counselors. I might think something looks good for my life... but what do my parents, mentors, and pastors say? Generally, if "my heart" is saying X and they're all saying Y... My "intuition" is most likely just my own will leading me off into la-la land.
And I wind up paying for it dearly.
The advice is to always "listen to your heart", but it's been well-said that the heart wants what it wants. Your heart is going to want that cute celebrity lookalike who flirts with seemingly just you and most people will throw all sensibility out the window while entertaining such an idea.
Rather, the Bible tells us there is safety in many counselors. I might think something looks good for my life... but what do my parents, mentors, and pastors say? Generally, if "my heart" is saying X and they're all saying Y... My "intuition" is most likely just my own will leading me off into la-la land.
And I wind up paying for it dearly.
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I think there's a difference between heart and intuition, like Kim said, the heart wants what it wants and it is deceitful. I think our intuition is something God uses to communicate with us. I've seen in my own life, my heart wants one thing, but I have my conscience and/or intuition to let me know it's a bad idea and go somewhere else instead.
For me it depends on how strong the intuition is. One time I was in my car in the middle of a big parking lot and there were no other cars around me. I was about to leave but for some reason I felt like something was stopping me from putting my foot down on the gas. A second later this big van came flying by me at like 30mph (48kph) and it would have hit me if I had stepped on the gas. He came diagonally from behind so I couldn't see him even though I checked my mirrors. I don't know if you call that intuition or divine intervention, but something saved me and my car that day.
I should also mention that I often pray to God for protection whenever I go out because there are so many cars and bad drivers out here.
I should also mention that I often pray to God for protection whenever I go out because there are so many cars and bad drivers out here.
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As an ENFP I'm in the same boat.
the closer my heart and my intuition work together, the better my choices are. The easier my choices are for me to trust. With my intuition, my choices reflect who I am.
Its when I make arbitrary choices, ignore my intuition and try logically planning things out that I fail miserably. Also when I follow, someone else's plan where I shelve my intuition because its going off like a smoke alarm, It always ends catastrophically.
the closer my heart and my intuition work together, the better my choices are. The easier my choices are for me to trust. With my intuition, my choices reflect who I am.
Its when I make arbitrary choices, ignore my intuition and try logically planning things out that I fail miserably. Also when I follow, someone else's plan where I shelve my intuition because its going off like a smoke alarm, It always ends catastrophically.
