Jeremiah 10:23-25

23 O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself;
It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
24 O LORD, correct me, but with justice;
Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.
25 Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You,
And on the families who do not call on Your name;
For they have eaten up Jacob,
Devoured him and consumed him,
And made his dwelling place desolate.
Jeremiah 10:23-25 NKJV

"It is not in man to direct his own steps." But, I want to direct my own steps. I want to decide for myself what to do. I don't want anyone else telling me how to live my life. I don't like for anyone to be bossing me around. I am smarter than you and I can decide for myself what is best for me. I don't need You to direct my steps or my life. My natural bent is often this kind of attitude. Then when I have a choice to make about something that potentially could change my life, I find myself asking friends, family, and God - Please tell me what to do! I don't know what is best for me, I need help. Which way should I turn, which decision should I make? I am unsure which path to take. Help!
I am a Seventh Day Adventist. My wife and children are Seventh Day Adventists and my life is built around being a Seventh Day Adventist. It is easy for me to be a Seventh Day Adventist. I believe that the Seventh Day Adventist church is God's true church and that it teaches the truth from the Bible. If I were to be unwilling to listen to God if He were to tell me that there is another more complete truth, then being a Seventh Day Adventist would not be a help to me. My relationship with God and having my heart aligned with Him is more important than the religious affiliation I adhere to. God speaks to me about my life and where I should go and what I should do and even how I should relate to others and to God. If I keep my heart open to His truth and follow His guidance, then ultimately I will end up with Him. God knows what is best for me, He has told me and He is telling me what is ideal for me. I choose to follow or not. I have the final decision about everything in my life. I will choose what path to take, I will choose where my steps will take me. God directs me as I am willing to allow Him to guide me. When I follow His direction, He continues to give direction. When I refuse to follow God's direction, I shut off His voice and do not allow His wisdom to guide me. Each time I refuse to listen, I move myself farther from Him, and closer to aloneness.
When I make mistakes, sin, and fight against God, I need correcting. How many times do I look back and see a mistake I made and think how much better it would have been if someone stopped me. I become angry with my child, for a good reason or not, and say harsh, hurtful, words. The Lord needs to correct me and teach me. He does correct me if I listen. He corrects me in justice, and sometimes this correction is painful for me. I can choose not to accept the correction, choose to continue to get angry and react harshly to my children, choose to continue to say harsh, hurtful words to them. Eventually the pain for me will seem to diminish, not because I am doing right, but because I will no longer be able to see the hurt that I do. It will become more and more about me and less and less about the ones I claim to love. I will blind myself to the reality of what is actually happening and become more sure that my actions are right. Of course, I will be wrong, which you can see clearly as you stand beside me and watch. I will not see the truth, because I have refused to listen and have convinced myself that I can direct my steps. I don't need God to direct me, I think, because I will correctly decide for myself what i will do. I will be wrong, I will be choosing very poorly, and I will be walking in the wrong way. I will be lost. The ability to direct my own steps is not in me. I need the guidance and I need the correction of God.

Lord,
Help me today to follow You wherever You lead me. You give me truth in Your word, wisdom to trust You, and the strength to allow You to correct me. Help me to accept Your guidance and Your correction today, so that I may be found and not be lost.