One of the great paradoxes of walking with God is discerning the difference between a "natural idea" (=mine) versus a "God-idea."
Every day, every moment I / you are being challenged, to make sure that the 1,000's of ideas and the actions I take are directed by God and NOT from my own reasoning.........
But being 'Alpha - strong-willed', -there is a definite & constant rub between the "natural" and the "spiritual."......!
There are 3 places from which a thought/ idea originate: 
1) Our natural man (Gut-feel / "pens-gevoel"
2) Satan,
3) Holy Spirit.
There are a few ways to discern from which place a thought is coming.
If a thought comes into your mind that you know you would never have thought of, & it might be something you would NOT normally consider doing.
This is likely God speaking...........
I once participated in a 'service' when an offering was being taken to make up for a poorly organized event that left the organizers very short on funds.
It was clearly a case of poor management.
Nevertheless, I prayed. I assumed I would give a token gift. However, the figure that suddenly came into my mind was 100-fold more than what I could even afford.....
I argued with God and struggled with my attitude.
I thought He must have some zeros out of place!
But I obeyed - as I knew that was not my idea....
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8,9).
In order to be obedient, we must not make advance decisions about a particular matter.
Each of our decisions must be submitted to the Lord for His counsel to us, not just based on our reasoning..!
Shalom
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