Jeremiah 10:23–24 teaches that:

• Humans are not capable of directing their lives perfectly on their own

• We must rely on God for wisdom and guidance

• When God corrects us, we should desire His loving discipline, not His wrath

This same truth is demonstrated in Joshua 9, when:

• Joshua and the Israelites were deceived by the Gibeonites

• They made a peace treaty without seeking God’s guidance

• The result brought long-term consequences they couldn’t undo

Joshua and the leaders trusted their eyesight instead of God’s insight. They said “yes” to something God would have warned them about — if they had asked.

Isaiah 30:1 was spoken to Judah’s leaders who, terrified of Assyria, secretly planned an alliance with Egypt instead of trusting God — revealing their rebellion, unbelief, and human-centered politics.

Even today, Isaiah 30:1 challenges God’s people to:

• Seek God’s counsel first, not human schemes,

• Trust in God’s power, not political or personal “Egypts,”

• And remember that faithlessness + self-reliance = rebellion in God’s eyes.

• No human being can fully comprehend God’s thoughts or wisdom by their own intellect.

• But God’s Spirit reveals those thoughts to believers.

• Through the Holy Spirit, we are given “the mind of Christ” — the ability to understand God’s will, love, and truth.