September 24, 2025 – Who Controls The Reins?

Who Controls The Reins?

September 24, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

     When God created man, He originally did so looking at us as a perfect creature. We were His perfect creation. To make us perfect, He gave us all characteristics such as He has. A mind to think with, the will to choose, and a heart full of emotions. In doing so, He also has given humanity the opportunity to mess up. And so it goes, we did and still do. Man’s heart, thoughts, and will have become corrupted by the sin which Satan introduced into this world.

     The verse just before Jeremiah 17:10 says our hearts are “desperately wicked: who can know it?” The answer is God. God knows our hearts even better than we do. He knows what we desire. Our verse today says, “I try the reins.” What do reins do when put on a horse? They are used to direct this large animal to stop and go or to turn left or right. What then would be the reins of a person? Well, they would be the mind or the heart of a person. Your mind tells you to stop doing something, or start doing something, or to go here or there. Remember, God knows the mind of a person.

     So, ask yourself, what is it that your mind and heart really want? You can see the answer to that question just as God does, by your ways or doings. Where do you go? What do you do? With whom do you hang out? How often does this include God? If you do not like the answers to these questions, maybe you had better get a firmer grip on the reins! Better yet, let God have control of them.

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     

     As the day goes by, ask God to keep your mind on things that would be glorifying to Him. If you find your mind wandering, wander back over toward God.

When do you most often find your mind wandering?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: September  24, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Jeremiah 16, 17 / Psalm 75
Proverbs 24 / Acts 5

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ecc. 1-2  /  2 Co. 12